Groups that have performed in the area that feature this style of banjo include Sheesham and Lotus, the Waylon Jennies, the Dukhs, and the Powder Kegs. Local performers who play clawhammer include ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...