Clawhammer banjo, while sometimes used to play classical, Irish or other musical styles, is basically music from the Appalachian mountains, and complements the primary instrument the fiddle. Eno, a ...

Clawhammer, the self-described “old-time post-punk dub-funk” band that excels at all things skewed and creepy, has been making a few changes, but they aren’t making any additions to their act.

Four fine acoustic guitarists are involved. Two are "names" in guitar circles: the project's prime mover Steve Baughman, and Jody Stecher. Jody inspired the project; in 1987, he was allegedly the ...

Forty-five-year-old Pat Kelleher likes a song "with a good story to tell" and that fact helped nurture his career as a singer of Irish folk songs. Having an older brother who played the five-string ...

When Jayme Stone first took up the banjo 20 years ago, he, of course, made a point of listening closely to such masters of the instrument as the Seegers (Pete and Mike), Ralph Stanley, Butch Robins ...

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Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...