Guitar Talk: The Exotic Instrumental Flights of Steve Tibbetts
Steve Tibbetts’ music is impossible to pigeonhole, leaning towards jazz, avant-garde, and modern classical, but he doesn’t fit neatly into any of those categories.
Al Petteway: A Favor for a Guitar-Collecting Friend Leads to a New Album
Anthony Russo wanted Petteway to visit his house and play his collection of luthier-built guitars, so that he could hear what they sound like from a listener’s perspective, and, more important, document them on a recording.
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Julian Lage at 30: A Visit in San Francisco With the Jazz Guitar Phenomenon
Lage has long since shed his child prodigy status to become one of the great jazz guitarists, if not one of the most brilliant musicians in general.
Alberto Lombardi Embarks on a Fingerstyle Journey with ‘Birds’
Alberto Lombardi is in love. After 25 years as a producer, arranger, and electric session player, the Italian guitarist has given his heart to acoustic guitar. He credits Tommy Emmanuel for his conversion, and Emmanuel’s stylistic influence can be heard on Lombardi’s first acoustic album, Birds (Fingerpicking). The 2016 album…
Guitar Talk: Will Ackerman Goes with the FLOW on a New Group Project
The name is an acronym from the names of the members: pianist/vocalist Fiona Joy, guitarist Lawrence Blatt, flugelhorn master Jeff Oster, and Ackerman.
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Sarah McQuaid Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The superb British DADGAD guitarist Sarah McQuaid (profiled in the October 2015 issue of AG) was presented with a lifetime achievement award at this year’s popular Ards International Guitar Festival in Northern Ireland (near Belfast), now in its twentieth year. McQuaid is the first female guitarist to win the award,…
GFA Launches its First Guitar Summit Orchestra for Kids
This summer, upwards of 30 young guitarists will participate in the first-ever Guitar Foundation of America’s (GFA) Guitar Summit
Guitar Talk: Classical Guitarist Jason Vieaux on Playing More Musically [VIDEO]
“A lot of experimentation mixed with, hopefully, a good teacher that plays well can be a path to finding your tone or sound,” says the Grammy-winning guitarist.
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Next-Gen Pickers: 6 Rising Stars are Carrying on the Bluegrass Tradition by Making It Their Own
Today’s rising generation of bluegrass musicians carries on the tradition of remaking the tradition in their own way, as is clear from these conversations with six standout guitarists.
GUITAR TALK: Union Station Guitarist Ron Block on Developing Your Bluegrass Technical Skills
Ron Block discusses his formative influences, buying his first good guitar at his father’s music store, his tunings, and the best way to start learning to play bluegrass.
Austin Electric Guitar Phenom Eric Johnson Unplugs for a Journey to Self-Realization
Those who know Eric Johnson only for his rock instrumental “Cliffs of Dover”may be shocked by the guitarist’s first all-acoustic set.
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How Tim Sparks Arranged John Zorn’s Avant-Jazz Project ‘Masada’ for Acoustic Guitar
I’m not Jewish. I’m a redneck from North Carolina. But I made this journey from hillbilly to playing Jewish music, because what I like is music with soul.
In the Age of Disco, Windham Hill Founder Will Ackerman Helped Solo-Acoustic Guitar Thrive
It's hard to overestimate the impact Will Ackerman’s first album of reflective music had on the acoustic-guitar world.
Remembering Studio Guitar Legend Bruce Langhorne, the Real ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’
“At one point, I was like Mr. Guitar in Greenwich Village,” says Bruce Langhorne, talking by telephone on the 50th anniversary of "Mr. Tambourine Man"'s release.
Guitar Great Bryan Sutton Delivers Bluegrass Playing Tips & More
There’s a lot about the way Bryan Sutton plays guitar, but it’s all about flow and movement, and moving forward through something.
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American Primitive Guitarist Richard Osborn Marks Long-Awaited Return
In a debt to Robbie Basho, Osborn calls his approach “free-raga style” or “American raga.”
The Story Behind Davey Graham’s 1960s-Era Fingerstyle Classic ‘Anji’
Fifty years have passed since Simon and Garfunkel released Sounds of Silence, the duo’s breakthrough album. In that time, “I Am a Rock,” “Richard Cory,” and the title cut have become folk-rock classics. But the record covered one already-beloved song: “Anji,” an instrumental by Davey Graham, was well-known among British…
