Mike Compton: “Tall Timber”
By: Dan Gabel
December 9, 2015
Peghead Nation's Monroe-Style Mandolin instructor takes a blazing run through Bill Monroe's "Tall Timber."
Mike Witcher, “Fireball Mail”
By: Dan Gabel
November 29, 2015
Peghead Nation's dobro instructor stopped by Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville recently and treated them to this version of the bluegrass classic "Fireball Mail" on a Scheerhorn guitar.
Tags: Dobro
Bill Evans: “The Distance Between Two Points”
By: Dan Gabel
November 24, 2015
A live performance from the 2015 California Banjo Extravaganza, with Bill Evans and an all-star band including Sharon Gilchrist, Chad Manning, John Reischman, and Jim Nunally.
Dave Rawlings Machine Performance
By: Dan Gabel
November 23, 2015
Watch a four-song performance by the Dave Rawlings Machine, including Peghead Nation fiddle instructor Brittany Haas, in the KEXP studio.
Mike Compton: “The Old Mountaineer”
By: Dan Gabel
November 17, 2015
Our new Monroe-Style Mandolin instructor plays a classic Bill Monroe tune and gives a preview of the traditional bluegrass mandolin style he’ll be teaching on Peghead Nation.
Tags: Mandolin
Stevie Coyle on Travis Picking
By: Dan Gabel
November 12, 2015
Peghead Nation's Fingerstyle Guitar instructor Stevie Coyle talks about Travis picking and palm muting during his workshop at the Fretboard Summit.
Tags: Fingerstyle, Guitar
The Joes and Friends, “Missouri Borderland”
By: Dan Gabel
October 27, 2015
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe Walsh plays with Joe Newberry, Joe Craven, Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley, and others during a late-night session at the 2015 IBMA Conference.
Orville Johnson: “The Glory of Love”
By: Scott Nygaard
October 21, 2015
Peghead Nation blues guitar instructor plays and sings a Piedmont-style version of the classic pop song.
Sean McGowan: “Get Me to the Church on Time”
By: Teja Gerken
October 9, 2015
Fingerstyle jazz guitar master plays his arrangement of the “My Fair Lady” classic.
Stevie Coyle: “622”
By: Teja Gerken
September 30, 2015
Peghead Nation fingerstyle guitar instructor plays an original composition.
Janet Noguera: “Nohemi”
By: Teja Gerken
September 15, 2015
Fingerstyle guitarist plays her two-handed tapping tune in the Peghead Nation studio.
Sharon Gilchrist: “Squirrel Hunters”
By: Dan Gabel
September 11, 2015
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Sharon Gilchrist plays the old-time tune at Augusta Heritage Center's Bluegrass Week 2015 with her fellow instructors Darol Anger, Tyler Grant, Casey Henry, and Mary Burdette.
Mr Sun: “The People Need Light”
By: Dan Gabel
September 2, 2015
Mr Sun is Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe Walsh, Darol Anger, Grant Gordy, and Ethan Jodziewicz. Watch them play a live version of the title track to their new album.
Bruce Molsky: “Walking in the Parlor”
By: Scott Nygaard
August 27, 2015
Peghead Nation Old-Time Fiddle instructor Bruce Molsky has countless great old dance tunes in his repertoire. They may have started out as simple tunes to keep the dancers’ feet moving, but Bruce turns them into self-contained solo fiddle pieces, as heard in this performance of “Walking in the Parlor,” recorded in the studio when Bruce was taping his Old-Time Fiddle course lessons.To learn great old-time fiddle tunes like this from Bruce, enroll in his Old-Time Fiddle course on Peghead Nation today.
Orville Johnson: “When He Calls Me”
By: Dan Gabel
August 13, 2015
Peghead Nation's Blues Guitar instructor plays and sings the traditional spiritual in our studio.
