The truth is that most Americans don’t have an ear for real old-time music. The traditional music of our forebears was harsh, modal, and nasal. It’s an uneasy blend of British balladry, Scots-Irish ...

Clawhammer banjo, while sometimes used to play classical, Irish or other musical styles, is basically music from the Appalachian mountains, and complements the primary instrument the fiddle. Eno, a ...