Leggett has become a master of tones and textures, of perfectly matching instruments and moods, of using tunings to create distinct, sonically rich backgrounds.
“Sidewalk Chalk” is a lovely waltz with a beautiful set of chord changes. It’s also quite approachable and, like so much of Levy’s work, is a joy to play.
Over the last 10+ years, Joey Lusterman has worked in every department at Acoustic Guitar magazine: front desk, ad sales, editorial, sound guy, camera man, booth babe, email coder, podcast editor, photographer, book designer… And he’s been behind the camera for nearly every Sessions video! Here are just a few of his favorites (see them all.)
Acoustic folk-blues guitarist and songwriter Chris Smither performs "Don't Call Me Stranger," and discusses his songwriting and recovery from addiction.
Rising star guitarist/singer-songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling stopped by the Acoustic Guitar offices to treat us to four songs and insights into his process.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero is a big deal, a sort of renaissance woman who not only has her hands in various strains of music—acoustic folk, jazz, rock, hip-hop, and rhythms from around the world—but also in a variety of other creative projects combining the arts with social justice.
Dar Williams stops in the Acoustic Guitar studios for an Acoustic Guitar Session to talk about never giving up on her fledgling music career—even in the face of petty cynicism from some of those closest to her.
Acoustic music mainstay Laurie Lewis says that a dream helped lead her to buy a 1905 Holzhapfel 12-string guitar. In the dream, Lewis began playing a 12-string and realized that it could unlock a whole new avenue of songwriting.
Former Fairport Convention vocalist Iain Matthews talks about learning to play the guitar and plays a song, "In Paradise," from his latest solo album, The Art of Obscurity.
On tour to support his latest album, Weightless, Andersen stopped by Acoustic Guitar's studios to talk about his German-made Lakewood, the challenges of playing more than 200 concerts a year, and to play us his song "Drift Away."
Marlene Hutchinson leads one-day workshops where participants walk in as hapless guitar novices—and walk out with a solid footing on the road toward becoming genuine guitar players.
Diego Figueiredo sits in to discuss his painstaking nail-filing technique, and files off a lightning-fast performance of the traditional song, “One Note Samba.”
North Dakota troubadour Tom Brosseau plays a song from his latest album, Grass Punks, and gives a tip about playing up the neck on his 1947 Martin 000-18.
Brazilian guitarist and singer Badi Assad discusses her musical upbringing and her shift from classical to experimental playing, her use of Frame Works guitars for touring, and plays an original song from her latest album, Between Love and Luck.
The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter performs the title track from her latest album and shares how to position a microphone when recording an acoustic guitar.
After giving a dazzling performance of her song "View from Space" on the nylon string harp guitar, Muriel Anderson demonstrates her technique for creating other-worldly harmonics on the instrument.
John Doe, the founder of the trailblazing Los Angeles punk band X as well as the influential alt-country band The Knitters, sat down with Acoustic Guitar Sessions to talk about his songwriting legacy.
We caught up with June in the upstairs poster room at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. She talked about her Carter Family and Mississippi John Hurt influences; being nurtured early on by the great Norman and Nancy Blake; and falling in love with her little Triple-O Martin.
A decade ago, Andy McKee was just another "guitar teacher from Topeka, Kansas." Today, he's considered one of the foremost fingerstyle guitarists in the world, with legions of devoted fans across the globe
