This is the new home for all of the various activities of Clawhammer Mike.
He is the founding force behing the Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project and the Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers (UMFF). He has self-published a book of mostly his transcriptions of regional fiddle music- Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers Tunebook Volume #1. UMFF now has three chapters across the state of Minnesota that get together and play music from the tunebook. He has led dozens of workshops, dances and performances across the Upper Midwest, playing the regions forgotten fiddle music. He recently organized and produced the Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers 2026 Online Fiddle Contest and other programs related to Upper Midwest fiddle music, including the Upper Midwest Old-Timey Listening Party.
Mike has a love for Appalachian mountain music and country blues from the Deep South. He routinely busks on the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis and plays across the Upper Midwest with the Saint Paul Mudsteppers and leads the stringband- Clawhammer Mike and the Old-Time Barnstormers. Mike took first place on banjo at the Minnesota State Fair's Fiddle Contest in the Heritage Division. He is also an active clawhammer banjo teacher online and in peron in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Mike is also a printmaker, who has participated in festivals and shows across the region. He specializes in one-block, reduction, printmaking. His themes incorporate his love of history, traditional music and dreamscapes. Visit his store to shop his handmade prints.