Marcy Marxer is a master multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, performer, and instructor, with over three decades of experience bringing the fun of folk and roots music to audiences and students around the world through her duo with Cathy Fink and through other projects. We’re lucky to have her as our Ukulele instructor on Peghead Nation.

While Marcy was teaching a lesson on playing a fingerstyle melody on the ukulele, she played a great version of the Johnny Mercer standard “Autumn Leaves,” and you can learn that in her course here on Peghead Nation.

Joe K. Walsh and Scott Nygaard: “Dawg’s Waltz” Peghead Nation mandolin and guitar instructors play a David Grisman and Jerry Garcia tune. Read More

Evie Ladin Band: “Jump the Fire” Peghead Nation's clawhammer banjo instructor plays the title song from her new album, "Jump the Fire." Read More

Brittany Haas with Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project Peghead Nation fiddle instructor Brittany Haas plays "What Is the Soul of Man" with Jayme Stone, Margaret Glaspy, Tim O'Brien, and Joe Phillips. Read More

Bill Evans, Chad Manning, Scott Nygaard: “Clinch Mountain Backstep” While in the Peghead Nation studio last month Chad Manning, Bill Evans, and Scott Nygaard took a few minutes between shooting videos for their courses to play this Ralph Stanley bluegrass banjo classic. Read More

Orville Johnson: “You’ll Work Down to Me Someday” The song “You’ll Work Down to Me Someday” was recorded by Memphis bluesman John Henry Barbee in the late 1920s. Peghead Nation instructor Orville Johnson teaches you how to play the fingerstyle guitar part (including two different solos) in his Blues Guitar course, but in this video Orville just lets loose and sings the song in his own inimitable style. To learn more blues guitar techniques, including fingerstyle, lead guitar, and slide soloing, enroll in Orville’s Blues Guitar course on Peghead Nation today. Read More

Muriel Anderson: “A Baker’s Dozen” Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso plays an original piece on her 20-string harp guitar. Read More

Evie Ladin Band: “Ease On Down” Peghead Nation's clawhammer banjo instructor plays a new song from her forthcoming album, "Jump the Fire," live in our studios. Read More

Joe K. Walsh and Grant Gordy: “Cheyenne” Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe K. Walsh plays the Bill Monroe classic with his Mr. Sun bandmate. Read More

Jordan Tice and Horse County: “Poor Me” Guitarist/singer’s new recording and band includes Peghead Nation dobro instructor Mike Witcher Read More

Teja Gerken: “Sage and Spirit” A solo guitar arrangement of the Grateful Dead instrumental. Read More