It’s easy to pick up the style but difficult to master – but you don’t have to be a master to participate.” For Ingham, clawhammer banjo grows in interest in what he calls the post-traditional age and ...

Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...

At Denver's Swallow Hill BanjoFest on Saturday, the toe-tappin' rhythm, quick-pickin' chords and an unmistakable twang filled the air. For Toronto-based musician Chris Coole, that sound comes down to ...

When Bill Monroe came up with bluegrass–“this high, lonesome sound,” as people called it at the time–banjo players used the clawhammer style. They flailed with their fingers and hands to play chords.