Bruce Molsky: “Boogie Woogie Dance”
By: Dan Gabel
March 24, 2022
Our Old-Time Fiddle and Old-Time Banjo instructor plays a fun tune off of his new all-guitar album.
Get to the Seagrass Strings Festival, Sunday, June 27
By: Dan Gabel
June 23, 2021
Join a new festival featuring Peghead Nation instructors Joe K. Walsh and Bruce Molsky, and a full day’s lineup of great musicians.
Tags: Events
Join the Porch Pride Beginner-Friendly Jam-Along with Luisa Lopez | Sunday, June 13
By: Dan Gabel
June 9, 2021
Peghead Nation is sponsoring Porch Pride 2021 and a special all-levels virtual jam.
Watch the California Bluegrass Association 48-Hour Jam-a-Thon
By: Dan Gabel
January 6, 2021
Peghead Nation instructors join over a hundred bluegrass luminaries in a 48-hour livestream to raise money for the CBA Youth Academy, starting Friday, January 8 at 5 PM Pacific.
Join Martin Guitar’s Fred Greene on Facebook Live on Thursday, January 21
By: Dan Gabel
December 26, 2020
Peghead Nation hosts Martin’s Vice President of Product Management to discuss the new instruments that Martin is releasing in 2021.
Tags: Events, Martin Guitar
Watch John Reischman’s Double-Stops Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
December 12, 2020
Our Melodic Mandolin Tunes instructor walks through helpful exercises for working double-stops into your accompaniment and soloing in this workshop.
Watch Evie Ladin’s Workshop | Demystifying the Banjo Neck, Part 1: G Tuning
By: Dan Gabel
October 23, 2020
Our Clawhammer Banjo instructor gave a fun Zoom workshop recently, covering movable banjo chords in G tuning, playing up the neck, and more. Watch the full session here.
Watch Bill Evans’ Workshop | Taking Your Playing to the Next Level
By: Dan Gabel
September 29, 2020
Our Beginning Banjo and Bluegrass Banjo instructor gave an engaging and wide-ranging Zoom workshop recently, with tips on improving your playing no matter your level. Watch the video here.
Watch Matt Munisteri’s Jazz Guitar Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
September 11, 2020
Our Roots of Jazz Guitar instructor held a live workshop recently, answering questions from his students and giving a wide range of insightful tips. Watch the video here.
Watch Our Soloing and Improvising Workshop | Joe K. Walsh and Scott Nygaard
By: Dan Gabel
July 23, 2020
Our mandolin and guitar instructors talk about their unique approaches to improvising and field questions from their students in this 90-minute workshop.
Watch Aaron Weinstein’s Live Chord Melody Mandolin Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
July 1, 2020
Our Chord Melody Mandolin instructor fielded questions from his students and other mandolin enthusiasts in a wide-ranging one-hour live session on Facebook. Check out the video here.
Watch the Scroggins & Rose Live Event
By: Dan Gabel
June 30, 2020
The great violin and mandolin duo took over our Facebook feed recently to play a few tunes and talk about their fine new album, “Curios.”
Peghead Nation to Participate in #BlackoutTuesday, June 2
By: Dan Gabel
June 1, 2020
We’re joining in the music-industry-wide pause in business-as-usual activities on social media to reflect on the actions each of us can take to bring an end to racism in our culture.
Tags: Events
Watch Mike Compton’s Monroe-Style Mandolin Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
May 13, 2020
The mandolin master took over the Peghead Nation Facebook feed recently to answer questions from his students and play a few tunes. Watch it all here.
Watch Marla Fibish’s Irish Mandolin Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
April 28, 2020
Peghead Nation’s Irish Mandolin instructor took over our Facebook feed recently for an hour-long Q&A session with her Peghead Nation students. Watch the whole video here.
Watch Stevie Coyle’s Fingerstyle Facebook Live Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
April 28, 2020
Peghead Nation’s Fingerstyle Guitar instructor spent an hour on our Facebook page recently, talking about all aspects of fingerstyle guitar. Watch the whole workshop here.
Watch Marcy Marxer’s Facebook Live Ukulele Workshop Here
By: Dan Gabel
April 27, 2020
Our ukulele instructor walked through a chord-melody version of “Bye Bye Blues,” demonstrated other musical styles, and more during an hour-long takeover of our Facebook page.
Watch Aaron Weinstein’s Live Mandolin Workshop
By: Dan Gabel
April 18, 2020
Our Chord Melody Mandolin instructor fielded questions from his students and other mandolin enthusiasts in a wide-ranging one-hour live session on Facebook. Check out the video here.
Join Flynn Cohen’s Facebook Live Event on St. Patrick’s Day
By: Dan Gabel
March 1, 2020
Our Irish Backup Guitar instructor is taking questions and talking about playing Irish music live on Facebook, Tuesday, March 17 at 6pm Eastern Time. Join us!
Tony McManus Healdsburg Guitar Retreat 2018
By: Teja Gerken
October 10, 2018
Peghead Nation co-founder Teja Gerken to join Celtic Guitar instructor for a weekend of guitar immersion in Healdsburg, California.
Sharon Gilchrist Talks Mandolin
By: Dan Gabel
August 29, 2018
Our Beginning Mandolin and Intermediate Bluegrass Mandolin instructor played a few tunes and answered questions from her students on Facebook Live, and here's the whole video.
