Ian has a long history in old-timey music in Australia and the US.

Ian was head honcho of Appalachian Heaven string band for 12 years, and the band are reuniting at this festival for their 20th anniversary gig.

Ian travelled to USA for various festivals 20 years in a row and has played with many of the contemporary and older generation players. He came third in Senior Banjo at the Clifftop Stringband Festival, West Virginia, competing against and befriending the very best. Ian featured as the banjo player for the Galax Bogtrotters for their Australian tour.

“The workshop will be at the intermediate level. Participants should bring a banjo, a capo, and a tuner.

I will be teaching a tune and using the tune to show various techniques, and perhaps diverge from there with questions.

Tune your banjo in standard banjo G tuning initially.”

Online materials will be soon be available here for download.