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...

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 Hamburger Ask 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...

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...

Review: Sultans of String, Subcontinental Drift

By Kenny Berkowitz There’s something essentially Canadian about the Sultans of Strings'  Subcontinental Drift, with its swirl of influences from Cuba, France, ... Read More...