Mike Compton: “Avalon Blues”
By: Dan Gabel
September 13, 2023
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays a solo version of a tune by 1930s string band Narmour and Smith.
Tags: Mandolin
Joe K. Walsh and Grant Gordy: “Little White Lies”
By: Dan Gabel
August 18, 2023
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays a great standard with his long-time musical collaborator in the Peghead Nation studio.
Flynn Cohen and Liz Simmons: The Hag’s Purse, Bryan O’Lynn, Miss McDevitt’s
By: Dan Gabel
July 28, 2023
Peghead Nation Irish Guitar instructor plays a set of jigs live in the studio with guitarist Liz Simmons.
Tags: Guitar, Irish Music
Watkins Family Hour: “Hop High”
By: Dan Gabel
July 16, 2023
Sara and Sean Watkins play a killer version of a traditional favorite.
Tags: Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle
Stash Wyslouch: “Gotta Travel On”
By: Dan Gabel
July 10, 2023
Peghead Nation's Bluegrass Guitar Fingerboard Mastery instructor plays a classic American folksong that Bill Monroe recorded in 1959.
Tags: Bill Monroe, Guitar
Joe K. Walsh, John Mailander, Todd Phillips, Paul Kowert: “Egypt”
By: Dan Gabel
June 30, 2023
An all-star band plays an iconic composition at Great Lakes Music Camp.
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
Ian Coury: “Chorinho Na Gafieira”
By: Dan Gabel
June 12, 2023
Peghead Nation Brazilian Choro Mandolin instructor plays a beautiful choro/samba with a stellar band.
John Reischman and Scott Nygaard: “The Blackest Crow”
By: Dan Gabel
June 10, 2023
Mandolin master plays a Civil War-era tune that he also teaches in his Old-Time Mandolin course.
Flynn Cohen, Marla Fibish, and Liz Simmons: Fred Finn’s and Sailing Into Walpole’s Marsh
By: Dan Gabel
April 13, 2023
Peghead Nation Irish Guitar and Irish Mandolin instructors play a great set of reels live in the studio.
Ian Coury and Joe K. Walsh: “Receita de Samba” | Brazilian Choro Mandolin
By: Dan Gabel
April 1, 2023
Our Brazilian Choro Mandolin instructor plays a joyful duo version of a Jacob do Bandolim choro with his fellow Peghead Nation mandolin teacher.
Doug Young: Paddy Fahy’s Jig #1/Paddy Fahy’s Reel #3
By: Teja Gerken
March 14, 2023
Peghead Nation instructor plays a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of two popular Irish tunes.
Joe K. Walsh, John Mailander, Paul Kowert, Ross Martin: “You’re Going to Make Me Lonesome When You Go”
By: Dan Gabel
March 9, 2023
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays a Bob Dylan song with some of his fellow teachers at the Great Lakes Music Camp concert.
California Bluegrass Reunion: “Petersburg Gal”
By: Dan Gabel
December 21, 2022
A powerhouse band packed with Peghead Nation instructors plays an original tune from Bill Evans.
Mike Compton and Joe Newberry: “Death and Blues”
By: Dan Gabel
December 14, 2022
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays an original song with his duo partner, at the Great Lakes Music Camp concert.
