Video Lesson: David Rawlings Shares a Close-up Look at His Singular Style

From the December 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERS When Gillian Welch and David Rawlings released their seminal debut back in 1996... Read More...

Mariachi Is Inspiring a Revolution in Music Education

From the October 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KAREN PETERSON Acoustic guitars are flying off the shelves at Iowa-based West Music, one of the country... Read More...

Inside the McClurg Jam, the Heart of the Deep Ozarks Sound

From the September 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KAREN PETERSON Dramamine is in order when driving through the dense oak and hickory forests of southe... Read More...

Janis Ian, Jeff Tweedy, and More to Headline Ellnora Guitar Fest

From the September 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY BLAIR JACKSON The biennial Ellnora Guitar Festival, held at the Krannert Center for the Performing Ar... Read More...

Video Review: Stephen Marchione’s 14-fret OMC (Orchestra Model Cutaway)

From the August 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER Not long ago, a former music-school classmate and guitar aficionado told me that he stor... Read More...

Country Bluesman Reverend Peyton Is a Force of Nature: Watch Him Play 18 Instruments on 1 Song

From the July 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KENNY BERKOWITZ At 12 years old, Josh Peyton discovered Delta blues legend Charlie Patton. “It floored me,... Read More...

Video Review: Taylor Guitars GS Mini-e Bass

From the August 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY GREG OLWELL As Taylor Guitars’ master designer Andy Powers describes it, the GS Mini-e Bass started off ... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar in Hand, Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Lee Segarra Is Taking On the World

From the July 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PAT MORAN Alynda Lee Segarra isn’t sure what she would print on her guitar. “I thought about Woody Guthrie... Read More...

LA Unplugged: 12 Must-See Acoustic Music Spaces In and Around Los Angeles

From the May 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MELINDA NEWMAN  Sure, Los Angeles is home to swimming pools and movie stars, but it’s also a mecca for musi... Read More...

Ann Savoy Is a Driving Force in Louisiana’s Folk Scene & the Matriarch of a Kick-Ass Musical Dynasty

From the April 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KENNY BERKOWITZ On a different night, Ann Savoy might be playing button accordion with the Magnolia Siste... Read More...