Drew Burford teaches an introduction to the clawhammer style at the Highberry Music Festival, Arkansas. He demonstrates how to form your hand into a versatile picking tool. The clawhammer style is older than the three-finger bluegrass banjo style, with origins in old-time American music and West African akonting plucking. Sponsored by the MidSouth Folk Project. Contact us at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or want to record a lesson video.

World-reknowned fiddler Rachel Eddy teaches how to play fiddle rhythmically and fluidly- all in the pulse of the bow. Recorded in West Virginia, 2017. The tune she plays is "Lazy Kate." Sponsored by the Mid South Folk Project. Contact us at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or teaching a video lesson.

Arkansauce band member Ethan Bush gives a video lesson on two techniques of he uses while playing: "filling out" with the left hand for a fuller, more controlled sound; and closed-hand picking with the right hand for speed and versatility. Sponsored by the MidSouth Folk Project. Contact us at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or want to record a lesson video.

Finding False Harmonics: Randal Morton's advanced banjo workshop Several-time national banjo champion Randal Morton demonstrates how to create harmonics using a "three-touch" system. This is a technique Randal demonstrated to Bela Fleck years ago. Randal has played, toured, and recorded with all the biggest bluegrass cats. Mark O'Conner, his brother Greg Morton, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, and John Hartford among many others. Hear him and Devil Train play every Monday night at the Buccaneer Lounge in Memphis, Tennessee. Sponsored by the Mid South Folk Project. Contact us at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or teaching a video lesson.

When toys and music collide Unplugged "behind the scenes" footage with Rachel Ammons and Smilin' Bob Lewis, members of Tyrannosaurus Chicken. Bob shows us an old dancing "clacker doll" l whose feet act as a rhythmic instrument. Rachel plays a resonator guitar behind Bob. Sponsored by the Mid South Folk Project. Contact us at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or teaching a video lesson.

Bones& Bows: Unplugged "behind the scenes" footage with Rachel Ammons and Smilin' Bob Lewis, members of Tyrannosaurus Chicken. Rachel shows off two pairs of ebony and rosewood bone sets, rhythmic instruments with lots of percussive capability. Bob shows us the mouth bow, an ancient instrument that also uses the mouth as an acoustic chamber. Sponsored by the Mid South Folk Project. Contact us at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or teaching a video lesson.

An American wanderer- Jeremiah- has been living a nomadic life for the past five years, making money by playing banjo and doing odd jobs. Here, he shows some banjo tunings he has collected during that time. This was filmed at Augusta Heritage Festival in West Virginia in 2017, by the MidSouth Folk Sessions. Contact me at midsouthfolkproject@gmail.com if you're interested in being recorded or teaching a video lesson.