Clawhammer Banjo with Allison De Groot

Allison de Groot has created a definitive video library that includes hundreds of online banjo lessons. Students have unlimited access to Allison's entire banjo method, plus banjo tablature, play-along tracks, and other study materials. What ultimately sets these banjo lessons apart from other online offerings is the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange learning platform. Allison reviews each submission and records a video response, offering tips about how to progress. All students can access the Video Exchange library, which is constantly expanding and may contain the key to unlock your playing.

On clawhammer banjo, Allison de Groot has become a significant voice in the North American traditional, Americana, and roots music scenes. Her style is adventurous and grounded, and No Depression writes it “transports the listener to a different plane". Starting out on banjo in her hometown of Winnipeg, MB, Allison’s grown into a career of exciting collaborations and continued musical exploration. She has performed and recorded alongside some of the most renowned traditional musicians in North America and Europe and was nominated by the Americana Music Association for 2023 “Instrumentalist of the Year". Collaboration is at the center of Allison's music. Bandcamp Daily has described her duo with fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves as “one living, breathing organism". Allison and Tatiana create an adventurous, masterful, and original sound. They expand on the eccentricities of old songs, while never losing sight of what makes them endure. Their latest release “Hurricane Clarice" won two Canadian Folk Music Awards and was nominated for “Traditional Album of the Year" at the Juno Awards. Alongside bandmates Tatiana Hargreaves, percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, and legendary fiddler Bruce Molsky, Allison has performed at festivals such as Newport Folk Festival, Pickathon, Red Wing Roots, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly and Celtic Connections. For a second year in a row, Allison and Tatiana are working in the Celtic Connections Transatlantic Sessions house band led by Jerry Douglas. Allison has taught at ArtistWorks since November 2024.