Bucket List: Ten Music Festivals You Must Attend At Least Once
By Kenny Berkowitz
Spoiler alert: You’ll never get out of this world alive. Neither will I. Neither did Hank Williams, whose posthumous No. 1 hit of 1952 deliv... Read More...
Brad Amorosino
Down & Dirty: 10 Next-Gen Resonator Players
From the May 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
By Mark Kemp
Resonators may be the coolest instruments ever made: shiny metal acoustic guitars that look as... Read More...
Republic of Texas Offers Affordable Resonators Steeped in Tradition
By David HamburgerAsk Frank Helsley, Jr. to describe the moment his father, Frank Helsley, Sr., conceived of Republic Guitars, and his goal of providing “a... Read More...
How to Play Slide Guitar: Bottleneck Basics
By Steve James
From rudimental country-blues themes to masterpieces by adepts past and present, good slide guitar playing is seldom busy. At its best, it combi... Read More...
The Stray Birds: Taking Wing With Guitar Strings
From the May 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
By Pat Moran
Maya de Vitry’s first performance as a guitarist got a decidedly mixed reception. “I learned... Read More...
American Primitive Guitarist Richard Osborn Marks Long-Awaited Return
From the May 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
By Kenny Berkowitz
On a bad day in 1980, American primitive guitarist Richard Osborn accidentally drove a... Read More...
Duke Robillard Releases Acoustic Blues Album
From the May 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
By Kenny Berkowitz
Over the past five decades, from the start of the Rhode Island R&B band Roomful of... Read More...
Frampton Comes Unplugged
From the May 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
By Mark Kemp
All Peter Frampton ever really wanted was to be the greatest guitarist he could be. And he w... Read More...
Video Lesson: Learn JS Bach’s ‘Bourrée in E Minor’ for Guitar
by Teja GerkenFor many classical-guitar students, tackling the "Bourrée in E minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) is a rite of passage from playing ... Read More...
Review: Ryan Shupe, We Rode On
By Pat Moran
Briskly galloping out of the gate, the title track of Ryan Shupe’s self-released eighth album, We Rode On, announces the former country-chart-topp... Read More...
