Happy Inauguration Day, USA! Recently I've been learning how to transcribe banjo music from the earliest known books in the middle of the 19th century. I only have a modern 5-string banjo, so these tunes aren't accessible except with the use of tablature. The old time "minstrel" banjo was tuned a minor third lower than our modern C tuning of gCGBD. I have ten tunes from Buckley's Banjo Guide of 1868 freshly transcribed in modern tablature for both C and G tuning. At the botto

Just a quick post to share my 2021 birthday playlist with you! I picked 37 songs for 37 years. You'll find a mix of all kinds of things new and old, English and Finnish, instrumental and vocal, melancholy and upbeat. Each one of these songs has a special place in my life. I could write forever about each one of these tunes it seems. Let me know if any of these have inspired you. I hope everyone's new year is off to a good start. Follow my playlist on Spotify below! Much love,