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Texas Legend Joe Ely Talks About His Recent Accolades, His Songcraft, and His Love of Guitars

From the November 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MARK KEMP Last year was a big one for Joe Ely. He was named the 2016 official Texas State Musician, an... Read More...

Texas Gold: Joe Ely’s ‘Cold Black Hammer’

From the November 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER On “Cold Black Hammer,” from his 2015 album, Panhandle Rambler, the singer-songwriter Jo... Read More...

Joe Henry and Friends Collaborate on the Enigmatic but Satisfying ‘All the Eye Can See’

The songs on Joe Henry’s latest album 'All the Eye Can See' refuse to give up their mysteries, the melodies wandering like question marks with the lyrics threading a thin line between knowing and unknowing.

Joe Robinson Explores New Directions on the Eclectic ‘The Prize’

With his 7th full-length album, The Prize, Joe Robinson is reaching for the biggest prize of all: writing songs that are as good as his guitar playing.

Aoife O’Donovan’s ‘Age of Apathy’ is an Introspective Album Completely of Its Time

Aoife O’Donovan's Age of Apathy is a different kind of pandemic album: engaged, ambitious, expansive.

Guitar Talk: Joe Henry’s ‘Thrum’ Album Called for Serious Spontaneity

From the April 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY BLAIR JACKSON Joe Henry has long been one of America’s most interesting singer-songwriters (with more t... Read More...

Joe Bonamassa Mostly Sticks to Rhythm on Live Disc

From the November 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KENNY BERKOWITZ For years, Joe Bonamassa used to sneak three or four acoustic songs into the middle of... Read More...

Kelly Joe Phelps sitting outside with his resonator guitar

Video Lesson: Exploring Kelly Joe Phelps’ Slide Work in Open Tunings

Prewar blues is just a stepping-off point for Phelps’ intricate fingerpicking and soulful vocals. In this lesson, you'll adapt his open-D ideas to bottleneck style.

Making Tracks: Billy Bragg and Joe Henry Turn a Rail Trip into a Record of Forgotten America [VIDEO]

From the October 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KENNY BERKOWITZ In their 25-year friendship, British folksinger Billy Bragg and his American cohort J... Read More...

Throwback Thursday: Watch Guy Clark Play His Classic ‘L.A. Freeway (Pack Up All Your Dishes)’ in 1989

The death of John Prine a few days ago got me thinking about other underrated songwriters who, though successful in the sense of getting their songs covered by... Read More...