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Dan Levenson is an Appalachian native who has grown up with the music of that region. Today he is considered a respected master teacher and performer of both the clawhammer banjo and Appalachian style fiddle. Described as “The Johnny Appleseed of the Banjo,” he performs and teaches regularly throughout the world, including in England, Ireland, Israel, and Brazil. Dan is a two-time awardee of the prestigious Master Artist Award from Arizona’s Southwest Folklife Alliance, has eight recordings of his own, and is one of the most prolific authors of instructional and tune books for clawhammer banjo and fiddle.