Adam Levin's 21st Century Spanish Guitar Vol. 4 chronicles the most recent chapter in the Spanish guitar legacy by spotlighting new solo works (and one concerto).
Jakob Dylan's new album with the Wallflowers, Exit Wounds, was written the help of his longest-serving songwriting partner, a mid-1960s Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar.
Across these three new acoustic albums, guitarist Mick Barr has opened up worlds of possibility. We chatted about how he came to finally love the acoustic guitar.
For six decades, Cuban-born Leo Brouwer has been at the vanguard of guitarist-composers. Here's a look into how his work has helped redefine classical guitar repertoire.
Over his 5-decade career, guitarist Gene Bertoncini has worked with many musical greats in many different styles, from jazz—his specialty—to pop to Brazilian.
Guitarist John Pizzarelli had long been a fan of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, and during the pandemic had time to arrange some of Metheny’s works for solo guitar.
Much of the charm of Local Valley, the fourth album from the Swedish-Argentinian singer-songwriter José González, comes from its intimate production values.
On 'Road to the Sun,' Pat Metheny enlisted classical guitarists Jason Vieaux and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) to perform compositions he wrote for them.
Leo Kottke's musical adventures have inspired generations of musicians. Throughout this journey, the one constant has been his love for acoustic guitar.
Irina Kulikova’s life story is an inspiring tale of how natural talent, hard work, and family support combined to launch her as an internationally renowned classical guitar virtuoso.
Here is J.S. Bach’s transcendental prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 performed on acoustic guitar. Learn the history of this arrangement and find advice for learning to play it yourself.
Tristan Seume has made his way into the top tier of acoustic guitar instrumentalists in the United Kingdom not only due to the extraordinary fingerstyle abilities demonstrated on his original and interpretative recordings, but also his penchant for sharing his skills. In addition to being in high demand to play…
Although he grew up in Maryland alongside such American Primitive guitar pioneers as John Fahey and Max Ochs, also releasing several albums on Fahey’s Takoma label, guitarist and singer Robbie Basho expanded on the style by bringing Hindi, Indian, Japanese, and Native American music into his playing. A very religious…
Speaking about recording his upcoming album, classical guitar giant Manuel Barrueco asked in a recent phone interview: “Do you know ‘A la Cubana’ by Enrique Granados? I have re-recorded it three times because the arrangement just wasn’t right. It’s hard and it’s supposed to sound easy. That’s a bad combination,”…
British guitarists Davey Graham, Martin Carthy, John Renbourne, and their contemporaries created a body of work that set the template for modern players while helping extend the expressive range of the steel-string guitar in general.
British singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas’ third album, a self-titled song cycle that chronicles the full arc of an intense relationship, is dreamy for several reasons
