Derk’s Discoveries: When Picking Is Your Passion
By: Derk Richardson
March 6, 2019
Tyler Grant and Robin Kessinger infuse their acoustic guitar flatpicking duets with unbridled joy.
Derk’s Discoveries: UK Primitive
By: Derk Richardson
November 12, 2018
Welsh-born Gwenifer Raymond: a new force in fingerstyle guitar
Tags: Guitar
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.
Derk’s Discoveries: Pete Don’t Sing the Blues, But He Sure Can Pick ‘Em
By: Derk Richardson
September 11, 2018
On his new album, guitarist Pete Madsen yields the lead vocals to Celeste Kopel as they travel the blues highway from Mississippi to Chicago.
Derk’s Discoveries: Getting to Know Noah
By: Derk Richardson
August 7, 2018
Discover Canadian singer-songwriter Noah Zacharin, who's within six degrees of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Ralph Carney, and me.
Tags: Guitar, Singer-Songwriter
Derk’s Discoveries: A Day in the “Life Of” …
By: Derk Richardson
July 23, 2018
Eight years in coming, the new album by 12-string guitarist Steve Tibbetts is a beautiful rumination on what it means to be human.
Tags: Guitar
New Course! The Banjo According to Danny Barnes
By: Dan Gabel
July 3, 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.
Tags: Banjo, Danny Barnes
New Course! Clawhammer Guitar with Steve Baughman
By: Dan Gabel
May 2, 2018
Learn how to use the traditional clawhammer style of old-time banjo on the guitar. Join Steve now!
Tags: Guitar
Derk’s Discoveries: Duck! It’s Baker Time.
By: Derk Richardson
April 24, 2018
A spate of new releases by Duck Baker puts the fingerstyle guitarist's eclectic career in perspective.
Tags: Guitar
New Course! Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites with Joe K. Walsh
By: Dan Gabel
March 1, 2018
Learn classic versions of the most popular tunes that show up at bluegrass jams all over the world. Join Joe now!
Tags: Mandolin
Derk’s Discoveries: Lighting up the Strings for Christmas
By: Derk Richardson
December 20, 2017
Holiday guitar instrumentals for stringing your lights and trimming your tree.
Tags: Guitar
Now Live! Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle with Chad Manning
By: Dan Gabel
December 6, 2017
Peghead Nation fiddle instructor’s new theory course covers chords, scales, arpeggios, and more for mandolin, fiddle, and other instruments tuned in fifths.
Now Live! Roots of Jazz Guitar with Matt Munisteri
By: Dan Gabel
December 4, 2017
Join Matt's new course now and learn the styles of Eddie Lang, Nick Lucas, Freddie Green, and other early jazz icons.
Derk’s Discoveries: All in the Family
By: Derk Richardson
November 13, 2017
Loudon Wainwright III leads his audience into the promised land of aging.
Tags: Guitar, Singer-Songwriter
Derk’s Discoveries: Oud Do You Love
By: Derk Richardson
October 12, 2017
Anouar Brahem, the Tunisian master, crafts a cross-cultural jazz masterpiece.
Tags: Guitar
