Live Clawhammer Banjo Zoom workshop with Evie Ladin | Saturday, May 4
By: Dan Gabel
April 3, 2024
Join us for Jam Essentials: Back-Up, Speed Tuning, & More with Evie Ladin!
Cathy Fink and Christylez Bacon: ”Soldier’s Joy”
By: Dan Gabel
March 25, 2024
Peghead Nation instructor teams up with beatboxer and progressive hip hop artist to create a cross-genre version of an old-time favorite.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Watch Evie Ladin’s Workshop, Jam Essentials: Back-up, Speed Tuning, and More!
By: Dan Gabel
November 27, 2023
Learn skills you need to join jams in many different styles on clawhammer banjo, with tips on playing accompaniment, getting into tune quickly, and more.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Evie Ladin: “Jump the Fire”
By: Dan Gabel
November 2, 2023
Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo instructor plays one of her original songs during the Great Lakes Music Camp instructor concert.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Evie Ladin: Forky Deer/Forked Deer
By: Dan Gabel
June 20, 2023
Peghead Nation’s Clawhammer Banjo instructor plays a mashup of two versions of a great old-time tune.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Evie Ladin Banjo Workshop: Clawhammer Play Party, Double-C Tuning
By: Dan Gabel
November 1, 2022
Discover and practice various rhythmic techniques, chord voicings, and more in the context of familiar old-time tunes.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Steve Baughman: “Cumberland Gap”/“Cripple Creek”
By: Teja Gerken
October 26, 2022
Peghead Nation clawhammer guitar instructor plays a medley of two fiddle tunes.
Watch Evie Ladin’s “Beyond the Bum Ditty, Part 2: Practicing Syncopations” Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
May 18, 2022
Evie covered all kinds of clawhammer banjo patterns, rolls, and licks in her latest Peghead Nation workshop, and you can watch the full session here.
Evie Ladin: “John Brown’s Dream”
By: Dan Gabel
February 19, 2022
Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo instructor plays a great old-time tune.
Steve Baughman: “Autumn in Azure”
By: teja@pegheadnation.com
October 5, 2021
Peghead Nation clawhammer guitar instructor plays a brand-new original tune.
OME Tupelo
By: Teja Gerken
September 27, 2021
Peghead Nation instructor Steve Baughman demonstrates his go-to open-back banjo.
Will Seeders Dobson Special
By: Teja Gerken
July 5, 2021
Evie Ladin demonstrates a custom-made open-back banjo.
New Lessons in Old-Time Banjo with Bruce Molsky
By: Dan Gabel
March 31, 2021
Learn the tunes and techniques of some of the legends of old-time banjo, taught by one of the icons of contemporary old-time music.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
Evie Ladin and Emily Mann: “Icy Mountain”
By: Scott Nygaard
December 22, 2020
Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo teacher plays an old-time favorite with one of the fiddlers who appears on Evie’s album of traditional tunes, “Riding the Rooster.”
Steve Baughman: “Falls of Richmond”
By: Dan Gabel
August 11, 2020
Peghead Nation clawhammer guitar instructor plays an old-time fiddle tune.
Bruce Molsky and Isa Burke: “Arkansas Traveler”
By: Dan Gabel
August 4, 2020
Peghead Nation old-time banjo and fiddle teacher plays an old-time favorite with the fiddler, singer, and songwriter from the band Lula Wiles.
Evie Ladin: “Got No Honey Babe Now”
By: Dan Gabel
July 17, 2020
Peghead Nation’s Clawhammer Banjo teacher plays and sings an old-time song from North Carolina fiddler Frank Blevins.
Evie Ladin: “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo”
By: Dan Gabel
June 2, 2020
Peghead Nation’s Clawhammer Banjo teacher plays and sings a Grateful Dead classic, which she also recorded for the Evie Ladin Band’s EP, “Playing Our Hand.”
Evie Ladin: “Lonesome John”
By: Dan Gabel
March 10, 2020
Peghead Nation’s Clawhammer Banjo teacher plays and sings an old-time song from Kentucky fiddler John Salyer.
Evie Ladin and Emily Mann: “Merriweather”
By: Dan Gabel
April 3, 2019
Peghead Nation’s Clawhammer Banjo teacher plays a banjo and fiddle version of an old-time favorite with the fiddler and multi-instrumentalist from the folk duo Paper Wings.
Steve Baughman: “Home Sweet Home”
By: Dan Gabel
March 14, 2019
Peghead Nation clawhammer guitar instructor plays an American folk classic.
Bruce Molsky: “Peachbottom Creek”
By: Scott Nygaard
October 17, 2018
Peghead Nation banjo and fiddle instructor plays one of his favorite clawhammer banjo tunes by Wade Ward.
Evie Ladin: “Polly Put the Kettle On”
By: Dan Gabel
August 15, 2018
Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo instructor plays a great old-time tune.
Steve Baughman: “Hard Times”
By: Scott Nygaard
July 12, 2018
Peghead Nation clawhammer guitar instructor plays a Stephen Foster favorite.
Evie Ladin: “Indian Ate a Woodchuck”
By: Scott Nygaard
November 7, 2017
Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo instructor rocks a great old-time dance tune.
Evie Ladin’s Open-Back Banjo
By: Teja Gerken
July 27, 2017
Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo instructor found her dream instrument by chance.
Evie Ladin: “Trouble On My Mind”
By: Dan Gabel
March 7, 2017
Peghead Nation’s clawhammer banjo instructor plays a tune by Kentucky fiddler John Salyer.
Evie Ladin Band: “Jump the Fire”
By: Dan Gabel
May 16, 2016
Peghead Nation's clawhammer banjo instructor plays the title song from her new album, "Jump the Fire."
Evie Ladin Band: “Ease On Down”
By: Dan Gabel
April 13, 2016
Peghead Nation's clawhammer banjo instructor plays a new song from her forthcoming album, "Jump the Fire," live in our studios.
New Clawhammer Banjo Course!
By: Scott Nygaard
March 31, 2015
Peghead Nation's new Clawhammer Banjo course with Evie Ladin is online.
Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer
