Jefferson Hamer

Announcing two 4-part classes this February, at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Folk Music

Guitar Accompaniment for Singers - A Four-Week Class with Jefferson Hamer
https://www.viewcy.com/event/guitar_accompaniment

Early intermediate and up!
Mondays, 8-9 pm: 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, and 3/2

This Guitar class will focus on a range of techniques useful for singers who accompany themselves on guitar. Topics include basic fingerpicking, pick (plectrum) technique, chord theory and moveable shapes, and simple melodic embellishments. The class is suitable for early intermediate and up - knowledge of basic open chords encouraged.

Jefferson Hamer is a guitarist, songwriter, traditional musician, and producer of studio recordings. He is best known for his collaborations with Anais Mitchell (Child Ballads, recipient of a BBC2 Folk Award), Sarah Jarosz (as guitarist and harmony singer on her Grammy-nominated Blue Heron Suite), Session Americana, and other solo artists including Kristin Andreassen, Reed Foehl, and Laura Cortese. His original songs are featured on his self-released albums and singles, including the full-length Alameda. Perhaps his most enduring collaboration is The Murphy Beds, a harmony-rich folk duo with Irish musician and songwriter Eamon O’Leary, featuring a self-titled LP and the follow-up Easy Way Down.

We are excited to enlarge our community and nurture our students, in that spirit, we are happy to offer you a 15% discount for bringing a friend to sign up for the first round of 2026 classes!
*For financial aid email [email protected].

Announcing two 4-part classes this February, at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Folk Music

Story Songs in Three-Part Harmony
https://www.viewcy.com/event/story_songs_in_three

Story Songs in Three-Part Harmony - A Four-Week Class with Jefferson Hamer
All abilities welcome!
Mondays, 7-8 pm: 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, and 3/2
This group-singing class will feature traditional, narrative folk and trad-influenced story songs (ballads) from England, Ireland, Scotland, and America, with an emphasis on learning by ear and vocal harmonization.
Jefferson Hamer is a guitarist, songwriter, traditional musician, and producer of studio recordings. He is best known for his collaborations with Anais Mitchell (Child Ballads, recipient of a BBC2 Folk Award), Sarah Jarosz (as guitarist and harmony singer on her Grammy-nominated Blue Heron Suite), Session Americana, and other solo artists including Kristin Andreassen, Reed Foehl, and Laura Cortese. His original songs are featured on his self-released albums and singles, including the full-length Alameda. Perhaps his most enduring collaboration is The Murphy Beds, a harmony-rich folk duo with Irish musician and songwriter Eamon O’Leary, featuring a self-titled LP and the follow-up Easy Way Down.
Photo credit: Doug Mason.
We are excited to enlarge our community and nurture our students, in that spirit, we are happy to offer you a 15% discount for bringing a friend to sign up for the first round of 2026 classes!
*For financial aid email [email protected].

Pasta time is always a good time

Denver mini bar

Catching a few z’s at the airport hotel. Just finished up another wild sessh with the Clements Brothers and now were on Colorado time -

Great American Taxi reunion shows:
Cervantes Denver, tonight 12/5
Caribou Nederland, 12/6

Solo show
Salina Schoolhouse; Sunday 12/7

https://jeffersonhamer.substack.com/p/colorado-mexico-new-york

Colorado, Mexico, New York Back in Denver and Nederland early December. Few seats left on the bus to San Miguel!

Playing Barbes, Brooklyn - Monday 9/29, 7pm - with the great Dana Lyn on fiddle. Songs of mine and Irish fiddle with guitar accompaniment. Would love to see you there.

Another shout out for the New Jersey Guitar Summit this Saturday 10/4. All day guitar workshops and evening concert with Beppe Gambetta, Tony McManus, and myself. Link in bio and more info here:

https://folkproject.org/mec-events/2025-10-04/