Renee Vaughan plays new traditional Scandinavian music on nyckelharpa, the national folk instrument of Sweden. This workshop / session will focus on learning “allspel” (everyone plays) tunes. These are widely known tunes that are commonly played at Scandinavian music festivals, like the upcoming Duluthstämman Scandinavian Music Festival in June. Polska, schottis, vals, READ MORE
Bluegrass style session with songs and tunes. If you are looking for inspiration, here's a short list with some ideas. Bluegrass Jamming Repertoire
The name pretty much sums up the theme of this one! Led by Cathy Rosch, Jim Bergles, and Phil Peters from Holy Crowe, based in Southwestern Wisconsin.
For fans of the talented and prolific songwriter Gillian Welch and partner Dave Rawlins, Don and Anne Pawlak will lead a session of their music. Pick your favorite and we'll play them! Don and Anne are Stevens Point WI musicians and singers with a soulful style of their own.
Colin Bazsali, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist with Madison's Cajun Strangers, the Dirty Shirts, and the Barley Brothers, will lead a workshop on old-time banjo. If you are interested in alternate or unusual OT banjo styles, such as 3-finger, 2-finger, Seeger-style, and Dock Boggs-style, this one's for you! To get a preview of some of these styles, READ MORE
Jason Busniewski is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Music (BMA) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (MA), where he is currently a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology. In addition to Western classical music, Jason has studied music from Ireland, Scotland, India, Indonesia, the Middle East, West Africa, and North America and performed with various READ MORE
Get your Cajun music fix with Brian O'Donnell and others from the thriving cajun music community here in the Upper Midwest!
Saturday night Irish session. Want to learn a few tunes in advance? Check out the list of the 120 most downloaded tunes from The Session. Top 120 Irish tunes from the session
Join us on Sunday morning for songs of worship. This session is once again led by Cathy Rosch and Jim Bergles of Holy Crowe, based in Southwestern Wisconsin (but with ties to the Eastern part of the state as well). All are welcome!