This is my recording of me playing Jerusalem Ridge including the backing track I practice this song with. The recording was made with a Zoom H5 situated about a meter away from the banjo using the X/Y mike the Zoom comes with. Using audacity, I normalised the volume, added some compression and a little reverb (in this order). I think there is too much pick noise and I suspect something is wrong with the compression setup. The backing track seems to mask some of the deficiencies in my playing.

A clawhammer banjo rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Me playing Jack of Diamonds on a fretless banjo I recently finished building

From the playing of Alabama fiddler Sam McCracken, here's a kind of happy-go-lucky tune for Tune of the Week.

Steven Moore - Bent to Fly (featuring John Cowan)

Top Tension CannonBell without Resonator

Top Tension CannonBell with resonator

Billy Kearney chose Hickory Smith for the current Tune of the Week. You can hear him play with his band as he fiddles. The Canote Brothers are truly legends and their original tunes are as good as any others they play.

Some of the members of the Barn Owl Band - Merle on banjo, Jon playing guitar, Marty on bass and me fiddling.