Alisa Rose with Scott Nygaard: “Goodbye Liza Jane”
By: Dan Gabel
June 23, 2025
Peghead Nation fiddle instructor improvises on a popular fiddle tune with our co-founder accompanying her on guitar.
Ethan Setiawan: “There Will Never Be Another You”
By: Dan Gabel
June 8, 2025
Our Weekly Mandolin Workout instructor plays a beautiful solo mandolin version of a jazz standard popularized by Chet Baker and others.
Tags: Mandolin
Tony McManus, “Teolena”/”Sleep, Dearie, Sleep”
By: Teja Gerken
May 20, 2025
Peghead Nation Celtic Guitar instructor plays a beautiful tribute to the late Breton guitarist Soïg Sibéril.
Evie Ladin: “Alabama Waltz”
By: Dan Gabel
March 28, 2025
Our Clawhammer Banjo instructor plays a great version of a Hank Williams song in the Peghead Nation studio.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Flynn Cohen and Teja Gerken: Si Bheag Si Mhor
By: Dan Gabel
November 8, 2024
Peghead Nation’s Irish guitar instructor and our co-founder play a duet of a Turlough O’Carolan classic.
Aaron Weinstein: “A Foggy Day”
By: Dan Gabel
September 20, 2024
Our jazz mandolin instructor plays a great two-mandolin arrangement of the Gershwin song “A Foggy Day.”
Get to Know Fiddler Lauren Rioux
By: Dan Gabel
August 21, 2024
Our Folk and Bluegrass Songs for Fiddle instructor talks about her lifelong history with the fiddle, and her playing, teaching, and recording activities.
Ethan Setiawan and Louise Bichan: “Elk River Blues”
By: Dan Gabel
August 16, 2024
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays a beautiful tune with fiddler and duo partner in Hildland, Louise Bichan.
Wes Corbett and Simon Chrisman: “St. Anne’s Reel”
By: Dan Gabel
August 3, 2024
Peghead Nation’s Contemporary Bluegrass Banjo instructor plays a traditional classic with his duet partner, hammer dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman.
Tags: Banjo
Evie Ladin: “Give the Fiddler a Dram”
By: Dan Gabel
July 19, 2024
Our Clawhammer Banjo instructor plays an old-time favorite in the Peghead Nation studio.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Get to Know Mandolinist Ethan Setiawan
By: Dan Gabel
June 1, 2024
Peghead Nation’s latest mandolin instructor talks about his history with the mandolin, his education at Berklee College of Music, his musical influences, and more.
Tags: Mandolin
Flynn Cohen and Liz Simmons: “Wakes Up Man”
By: Dan Gabel
April 28, 2024
Peghead Nation’s Irish guitar instructor plays a tune from his new solo album with songwriter and guitarist Liz Simmons.
Scroggins and Rose: “St. Anne’s Reel Improvisation”
By: Dan Gabel
April 17, 2024
Alisa Rose and Tristan Scroggins explore the possibilities of a bluegrass and Irish music favorite.
Oisín McAuley and Brittany Haas: “The Spey in Spate”
By: Scott Nygaard
March 1, 2024
Brittany Haas plays a traditional reel with one of today’s premier Irish fiddlers.
Joe K. Walsh and Grant Gordy: “Sweet Georgia Brown”
By: Dan Gabel
February 19, 2024
Peghead Naiton mandolin instructor and his longtime collaborator play a classic standard in the studio.
