Allie Jean Burbrink

Photo by Kirstie Newkirk The first time I heard Ralph Stanley was on the Oh Brother soundtrack. I was 15 when the movie came out and had been playing guitar for a year - I wasn’t into bluegrass yet. That was a long way off. I was an Indiana farm kid who was into folk music without knowing what that even really meant. Mom says I was playing harmonica at 2, singing a large repertoire of songs at 3, strumming autoharps at 6. I sang along with Wee Sing Fun n’ Folk constantly, and

Here are the 12 recordings Frank & Allie shared at a recent clawhammer banjo workshop.

Here's how to play Frank Lee's arrangement of "Darlin' Corey", measure by measure with videos and tabs!

Boom-chick, boom-chick. Boom-chick, boom-chick. You might start to think the "boom-chick" noise is all the guitar is good for.

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Is one small town big enough for two banjo builders? Jeff Delfield and Dean Robinson are finding out in Bryson City, North Carolina.