September 02, 2020
Our instructors have released great new lessons, tunes, and techniques in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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August 03, 2020
Our instructors have released great new lessons, tunes, and techniques in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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July 01, 2020
Our instructors have released great new lessons, tunes, and techniques in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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June 05, 2020
Kick-off your summer with new lessons, tunes, and techniques in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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May 06, 2020
New lessons to keep your momentum going! Check out the lessons, tunes, and techniques to learn in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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April 01, 2020
New lessons to keep your momentum going! Check out the lessons, tunes, and techniques to learn in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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March 16, 2020
Sharon Gilchrist teaches you to play solos to any bluegrass song in any key using her method based on arpeggios, double-stops, and chop-chord shapes.
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March 05, 2020
What to do with all of that time? Check out the lessons, tunes, and techniques to learn in our guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass courses.
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February 10, 2020
Lots of love from our instructors this month, and new tunes and techniques to learn on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass.
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February 02, 2020
Peghead Nation’s Irish Mandolin instructor releases “The Bright Hollow Fog,” an album of beautiful solo and duo performances on mandolin and mandola.
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January 09, 2020
We’re happy to take our production studio to a room at 32Ten Studios, a space that has ties to the history of the Star Wars series, Indiana Jones movies, and Pixar’s early work.
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January 08, 2020
The new year brings new tunes and techniques to learn on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, ukulele, and bass.
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January 08, 2020
In this new course, you'll learn to play solos to any bluegrass song in any key using Sharon’s method based on arpeggios, double-stops, and chop-chord shapes. Launching soon!
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December 11, 2019
You can now learn to play upright bass from scratch on Peghead Nation in our first bass course, taught by bassist Zoe Guigueno.
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September 19, 2019
Sign up now to learn single-string and melodic style banjo, with lessons on fingerboard theory, improvisation, and more.
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August 16, 2019
In Peghead Nation’s first bass course, the bassist from the band Della Mae teaches you how to get started on upright bass from scratch. Sign up for email updates about the launch!
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August 16, 2019
Learn single-string and melodic style banjo, with lessons on fingerboard theory, improvisation, and more. Sign up for news about the launch of Wes’s course!
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May 30, 2019
Sign up now for our latest mandolin course, and learn how to combine chords and melody to play jazz standards.
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May 30, 2019
Learn to accompany jigs and reels and other traditional Irish dance tunes in the style pioneered by Irish guitar greats. Enroll now!
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May 16, 2019
Learn how to combine chords and melody to play jazz standards in the style pioneered by jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns and guitarists like Joe Pass and Bucky Pizzarelli. Sign up for updates here.
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May 15, 2019
Learn to accompany jigs and reels and other traditional Irish dance tunes in the style pioneered by Irish guitar greats. Sign up for updates here.
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May 09, 2019
The Thompson Guitars founder leaves a legacy of high-quality vintage-inspired guitar making.
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July 03, 2018
Start taking lessons now with the roots music iconoclast. Danny Barnes reveals his systematic approach to the banjo, with one-of-a-kind insights on improvisation, tone, rhythm, and more.
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June 01, 2018
The roots music iconoclast reveals his systematic approach to the banjo, with one-of-a-kind insights on improvisation, tone, rhythm, and more. Sign up for updates here.
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May 02, 2018
Learn how to use the traditional clawhammer style of old-time banjo on the guitar. Join Steve now!
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April 29, 2018
Peghead Nation is proud to sponsor the popular NPR show hosted by mandolin master Chris Thile and home to a talented band that includes our fiddle instructor Brittany Haas.
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March 01, 2018
Learn classic versions of the most popular tunes that show up at bluegrass jams all over the world. Join Joe now!
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December 06, 2017
Peghead Nation fiddle instructor’s new theory course covers chords, scales, arpeggios, and more for mandolin, fiddle, and other instruments tuned in fifths.
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December 04, 2017
Join Matt's new course now and learn the styles of Eddie Lang, Nick Lucas, Freddie Green, and other early jazz icons.
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October 23, 2017
Peghead Nation banjo instructor Bill Evans’ wife recently passed away after a difficult battle with leukemia. Join us in sending your thoughts and support to Bill and his family.
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August 25, 2017
Peghead Nation fiddle instructor launches new theory course in September. Sign up for email updates here!
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August 24, 2017
Sign up for updates about Bruce’s new clawhammer banjo course on Peghead Nation, launching in September.
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July 05, 2017
Sign up for updates about Matt's new course focusing on the styles of Eddie Lang, Nick Lucas, Freddie Green, and other early jazz icons, coming to Peghead Nation in October.
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May 08, 2017
Enter to win a Spring prize package from Fishman and Peghead Nation, with nine winners and over $5,000 in prizes.
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February 20, 2017
Learn to play traditional and original tunes in a variety of styles from a modern mandolin master.
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December 05, 2016
Learn to play fiddle tunes and other bluegrass and roots melodies on guitar in our latest Peghead Nation course.
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November 21, 2016
Taylor Guitars releases a free 110-page guide to finding your perfect acoustic guitar.
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October 26, 2016
Seattle-based Expertise.com names Peghead Nation among the 18 top guitar-teaching resources in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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October 20, 2016
Learn to play Irish Fiddle with Dale Russ in our newest Peghead Nation course.
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September 07, 2016
Dale Russ is joining the Peghead Nation staff to teach Irish Fiddle beginning in mid-September.
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August 02, 2016
Peghead Nation adds to its mandolin instruction lineup with a course on playing Bluegrass Mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist.
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July 19, 2016
Our popular mandolin teacher adds a second course on Peghead Nation. Sign up for email updates here.
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May 25, 2016
Peghead Nation old-time fiddle instructor’s latest recording is a solo CD/DVD package released by the Old-Time Tiki Parlour.
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March 09, 2016
Peghead Nation adds to its mandolin instruction lineup with a course on playing Irish music taught by Marla Fibish.
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February 23, 2016
Marla Fibish is joining the Peghead Nation staff to teach Irish Mandolin beginning in mid-March.
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January 05, 2016
Peghead Nation adds to its guitar instruction lineup with a course on playing Irish and Scottish music taught by Tony McManus.
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November 24, 2015
Peghead Nation adds to its popular mandolin lineup with the great Mike Compton's Monroe-Style Mandolin course.
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October 21, 2015
We're happy to announce that Mike Compton will be teaching Monroe-Style Mandolin on Peghead Nation beginning in late November.
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September 30, 2015
The acoustic instrument string line developed by luthier Roger Siminoff adds new guitar strings with compensated torque to their mandolin and banjo offerings.
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September 06, 2015
We've just added a few hours of the best online roots music lessons you'll find. Check out all the new guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, dobro, and ukulele lessons.
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August 18, 2015
Peghead Nation is a proud sponsor of the Fretboard Summit, celebrating 10 years of the Fretboard Journal with some of the best guitar builders and players in the world.
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July 03, 2015
Each month, we release dozens of new lessons on Peghead Nation. Here are the latest additions for all courses, with sample clips for all instruments.
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June 05, 2015
Each month, we release dozens of new lessons on Peghead Nation. Here are the latest additions for all courses.
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May 19, 2015
Annette Siegel wins the grand prize of a Deering Goodtime Banjo. And she has the coolest trailer around.
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March 26, 2015
The guitarist leaves behind a musical legacy that includes ground-breaking solo work, iconic recordings with Bert Jansch and Pentangle, and a legion of fingerstylists that he influenced.
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February 27, 2015
Peghead Nation's Bill Evans is at Wintergrass, where a set Thursday by Jayme Stone's Lomax Project was a highlight.
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February 25, 2015
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor and Della Mae guitarist and songwriter to be featured on Concert Window's Bluegrass Roundup online festival on Friday, February 27.
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October 03, 2014
Traditional North Carolina band and progressive banjo player take home top honors.
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August 25, 2014
The Stray Birds will release their second full-length recording on Yep Roc Records on October 21.
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August 14, 2014
The Boxcars led the nominations with ten, followed by Blue Highway with nine, and the Del McCoury Band with six.
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July 17, 2014
The roots-rock supertrio of Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and Catherine Popper, known as Puss N Boots, will appear on "CBS Saturday," August. 16.
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Sep 17, 2020
The guitarist and founding member of the Waybacks pays homage to Doc Watson with a medley of "Bright Sunny South" and “Jack-A-Roe,” a traditional song that became a mainstay of the Grateful Dead.
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