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 ...

For Ingham, clawhammer banjo grows in interest in what he calls the post-traditional age and making music together to enjoy rather than as a professional. “Clawhammer is a pretty easy style to learn ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

The clawhammer banjo player expands his music to a trio on his upcoming album, Plainly Mistaken, out Oct. 5. Nathan Bowles' clawhammer banjo music has always lived in three planes of existence: Rooted ...