Happy field recording beginnings! Looking forward to hearing more! With the omni stereo mics too hehehe

Mile End

Clawhammer

Sarangi Master Parashuram Bhandari, Percussion Master Achyut Ram Bhandari and Hilary Dirlam, Banjo
Play a Nepali Folk Tune

Nepali Folk Tune with Sarangi, Clawhammer Banjo and Madal

I  Need a Forest Fire

I Need a Forest Fire

very loosely based on Dock Boggs' version.  Tuned gDGDE

Davenport

Played in the style of the old time banjo tradition.  Solo Clawhammer banjo of traditional fiddle tunes.

Sally Ann
June Apple
Angeline the Baker
Arkansas Traveler
Blackberry Blossom
John Stintson's #2
Snowdrop

Angeline

Meredith Moon - Cumberland Gap (Clawhammer Banjo)

This was recorded in and around Fan Tan Alley which is located in Chinatown in Victoria, BC. It was named after the Chinese gambling game Fan-Tan. Back in the day it was a gambling district complete with opium dens. Today it contains many small shops and restaurants. It is the narrowest street in Canada. At its narrowest point it is only 0.9 metres (35 inches) wide. It is now protected as a heritage spot by the government.
I recorded on a Sunday afternoon with the sound of tourism in full swing. I initially sat at the entrance to the alley for a bit and then proceeded to walk down through it.

Fan Tan Alley

It's my great privilege to mess, beyond reason, with Hank's solo banjo instrumental of this old-time tune.

Hank Tilbury: banjo, original arrangement
Dan: percussion, guitars, bass, melodica, jaw harp, analog synth

Hank credits the tune to the clawhammer playing of Sidna Myers, field recorded in 1965. 
Dan credits his arrangement to overexposure to electronic/folk fusion in the mid 1990s.

Hank's piece can be heard on his terrific new album 'The Beast With Five Strings' which can be listened to and downloaded for free (or more) at https://hanklebury.bandcamp.com/album/the-beast-with-five-strings

Many thanks to Hank for continuing to encourage my worst tendencies.

Go ahead and download for free, and then pop on over to Hank's record and download that too.

Hank Tilbury - Twin Sisters (ldsb '90s ethnodance mix)

Alt blue-grass meets 1970's Classic from Johnny Nash.  Banjoy  make the world a little more bright and sunshiney.

#JohnnyNash

Phoenix Rising

I Can See Clearly Now

fermelaquate
fermella opus dory
trovius hammerdew
fermeckus gwarpo hue
crickelit shrickles
may yay yay lore
lay aye aye more
fermelaquate

Fermelaquate

Stuck on you (cover)

Vancouver Island is my home. You'll find a mixture of ambient field recordings and music (mostly old time banjo). Wearing headphones is recommended when listening to the ambient tracks. Cheers!

Fan Tan Alley

Jay King - Banjo/Field Recordings

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