As a clawhammer banjoist, Sussman has performed alongside Westbound Situation and in Contra-dance bands, and Old-time bands. He is also a member of ‘the Butternut Squad,’ a folk/roots ensemble dedicated to playing the traditional musics of the British Isles and Appalachia with a unique and modern approach. Click on work titles below for recording.

Banjo, fiddle, and spoons set at MASSMoCA

Performed and immersed in Spencer Finch's "Cosmic Latte" at MASSMoCA - North Adams, MA., July 20, 2023, as part of the Bang on a Can Summer Festival

‘quarantunes’ on the banjo - (Facebook live show)

My Facebook live banjo show, 4.11.20

Winder Slide

My all-time favorite tune, a clawhammer banjo arrangement of Joe LaRose’s 1980 modern Old-time tune.

Home in the World 

My folk/traditional music concert, April 2019 - University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Ann Arbor, MI

Auld Lang Syne

My clawhammer banjo arrangement of the tune

Julianne Johnson

My clawhammer banjo arrangement of the Old-time tune

Dunmore and the Hills

An Appalachian fiddle/banjo tune written at New Music on the Point in Lake Dunmore, VT with Luke Haaksma on hammered dulcimer

 Hanukkah medley

My Hanukkah medley for clawhammer banjo