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Illinois Old-Time Fiddlers Association Monthly gathering

Folkjam - June 16, 2013 - 3:00pm
16 Jun 2013 - 2:00pm Monthly on 3rd Sunday Recurring jam session
Categories: Jams & Festivals

Prairieland Dulcimer Strings

Folkjam - June 4, 2013 - 8:00pm
4 Jun 2013 - 8:00pm Monthly on 1st Tuesday, 3rd Thursday Recurring jam session
Categories: Jams & Festivals

UIS Old Time Music Jam Session

Folkjam - May 22, 2013 - 8:00pm
22 May 2013 - 8:00pm Monthly on 2nd Wednesday, 4th Wednesday Recurring jam session
Categories: Jams & Festivals

Porchfest 2013 this Saturday - The Somerville News - The Somerville News

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 17, 2013 - 1:56pm

Porchfest 2013 this Saturday - The Somerville News
The Somerville News
Musicians and bands throughout Somerville will celebrate and utilize an underused public venue: The Porch. Acts—ranging from bollywood funk, cosmic americana, killer blues, Moroccan, Balkan, gospel, American space rock and clawhammer banjo—will ...

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Mountain Music School accepting applications - TriCities.com

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 17, 2013 - 8:16am

Mountain Music School accepting applications
TriCities.com
Students ages 10 and older will learn to play an instrument of their choice, including fiddle, claw-hammer banjo, folk guitar, autoharp, mandolin, dulcimer and others. A string-band class for students who already play an instrument is also offered ...

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Caskey, Lampson, Styles to be featured at Laetitia - Adobe Press

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 10:50pm

Caskey, Lampson, Styles to be featured at Laetitia
Adobe Press
A clawhammer banjo player and singer-songwriter, Caskey touches hearts with “her poetic, thoughtful lyrics, fresh arrangements of traditional tunes and timeless sound,” a Songwriters at Play spokeswoman said. “Her insight, encouragement and gentle ...

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Caskey, Lampson, Styles to be featured at Laetitia - Times Press Recorder

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 10:48pm

Caskey, Lampson, Styles to be featured at Laetitia
Times Press Recorder
A clawhammer banjo player and singer-songwriter, Caskey touches hearts with “her poetic, thoughtful lyrics, fresh arrangements of traditional tunes and timeless sound,” a Songwriters at Play spokeswoman said. “Her insight, encouragement and gentle ...

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Filling up with Putnam Smith - The Portland Phoenix

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 3:22pm

Filling up with Putnam Smith
The Portland Phoenix
Fiddler Erica Brown is probably most prominent here, with a Nashville flair of descending riffs in "Succotash" that teams with Smith's percussive clawhammer banjo style and is well balanced by Seth Yentes's grounding cello work. Then she revisits some ...

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This week in Tampa: Steve Martin, Ghostface Killah, Attack Attack! and more - Tampabay.com (blog)

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 12:10pm

Tampabay.com (blog)

This week in Tampa: Steve Martin, Ghostface Killah, Attack Attack! and more
Tampabay.com (blog)
Onetime Wild and Crazy Guy Steve Martin is a full-time banjo player these days — clawhammer style, for the diehard pickers out there — and his current album, Love Has Come for You, is an old-timey Americana gem made with wispy chanteuse Edie Brickell.

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Ken and Brad Kolodner and Bill Collins featured at Perkasie Patchwork ... - phillyBurbs.com

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 10:44am

Ken and Brad Kolodner and Bill Collins featured at Perkasie Patchwork ...
phillyBurbs.com
... fiddle, hammered mbira) has joined forces with his son, Brad (vocals, clawhammer banjo, banjola, fretless banjo, guitar, fiddle), to perform tight and musical arrangements of original and old-time music “played in the purest way” on twin fiddles ...

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Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line come to Opera House - Pocahontas Times

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 10:01am

Pocahontas Times

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line come to Opera House
Pocahontas Times
The high energy, Nashville-based quintet perform Struthers' original story-songs with tight, three-part harmonies, fiddle, claw-hammer banjo, acoustic guitar, bass, and drums. Struthers was catapulted into the spotlight when she lead her band to a blue ...

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Spotlights: David Ezell to play all Bob Dylan tunes at the Peddler - Spartanburg Herald Journal

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 2:21am

Spotlights: David Ezell to play all Bob Dylan tunes at the Peddler
Spartanburg Herald Journal
... folk and Americana influences. Talley's artistry includes stunning vocals and instrumental prowess on acoustic guitar and clawhammer banjo, and her songs would fit nicely on a playlist that included Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams and Neko Case.

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It's on like Donkey Kong! - New Times SLO

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 16, 2013 - 2:05am

It's on like Donkey Kong!
New Times SLO
This Saturday, May 18, Laetitia Winery & Vineyard will be host to headlining act Donna Lynn Caskey, a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who won first place in traditional banjo at the 2012 Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival in ...

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Buckey House plans Saturday concert - The Inter-Mountain

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 15, 2013 - 11:48pm

The Inter-Mountain

Buckey House plans Saturday concert
The Inter-Mountain
Traveling in from Wisconsin are Jim Brunett on fiddle, guitar, musical saw and vocals, Peter Gorman on guitar, fiddle, mandolin, jaw harp and vocals, and Joe Mirenna on clawhammer and plectrum banjo as well as vocals. Mirenna is a former resident of ...

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Steve Martin, Edie Brickell combine for plucky, magical music at Mahaffey - Tampabay.com

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 15, 2013 - 11:40am

Tampabay.com

Steve Martin, Edie Brickell combine for plucky, magical music at Mahaffey
Tampabay.com
The one-time Wild and Crazy Guy is a full-time banjo player these days — clawhammer style, for the diehard pickers out there — and his current album, Love Has Come for You, is an old-timey Americana gem made with wispy chanteuse Edie Brickell.

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Ohio Valley Opry to host songwriter Larry Cordle - Morgan County Herald

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 15, 2013 - 9:35am

Ohio Valley Opry to host songwriter Larry Cordle
Morgan County Herald
Larry Cordle was born and raised on a small family farm in eastern Kentucky. While a young child he was introduced to bluegrass, country and gospel music by his great-grandfather Harry Bryant, an old-time claw hammer banjo stylist, fiddle player and ...

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Camp Kiya adds new faces to the teaching staff - Tehachapi News

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 14, 2013 - 2:02am

Camp Kiya adds new faces to the teaching staff
Tehachapi News
This year, workshops in harp, mountain dulcimer, old-time fiddle and bluegrass banjo will be added to the schedule. Fiddle, guitar, cello, ukulele, accordion, clawhammer banjo, and mandolin will again be offered, as well as singing and several styles ...

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The Handsome Family - A.V. Club

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 14, 2013 - 12:11am

A.V. Club

The Handsome Family
A.V. Club
Rennie writes the lyrics, and Brett handles the sound—recording and producing in their converted-garage home studio, playing a impressive array of instruments from clawhammer banjo to mandolin to ukulele, and topping off the songs with his oaky ...

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Already Receiving National Radio Airplay on AAA and Americana Stations ... - Wall Street Journal (press release)

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 13, 2013 - 5:08am

Already Receiving National Radio Airplay on AAA and Americana Stations ...
Wall Street Journal (press release)
Among other unique approaches to his array of stringed instruments, he incorporates a unique hybrid flatpicking/clawhammer technique on the DADGAD 6-String banjo. Arthur's ongoing intuitive collaboration with his non-performing lyricist/wife Carol Lee ...

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Already Receiving National Radio Airplay on AAA and Americana Stations ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Clawhammer Banjos in the News - May 13, 2013 - 5:01am

Already Receiving National Radio Airplay on AAA and Americana Stations ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Among other unique approaches to his array of stringed instruments, he incorporates a unique hybrid flatpicking/clawhammer technique on the DADGAD 6-String banjo. Arthur's ongoing intuitive collaboration with his non-performing lyricist/wife Carol Lee ...

Categories: Clawhammer Banjos
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