Adam Perlmutter, long-time contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, has been named Editor, succeeding the magazine’s founder, David Lusterman, effective immediately. Adam has been a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar since 2008 and became the magazine’s full-time Music Editor in 2014; he has written more than 260 articles, reviews, and song…
The Acoustic Guitar editors are preparing our annual “Gear of the Year” coverage and we need your help! We’d like to hear from you about what you’ve purchased, what you’re using, and what you’d like to see from us in the future. Our Top Gear of 2019 report will appear…
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In April 2019, we surveyed Acoustic Guitar audience members to find out which songs to publish in Acoustic Guitar magazine. More than 2,000 guitarists responded and not surprisingly, suggested more than 1,600 different songs! We winnowed that list down to a more manageable number based on the frequency of mentions.…
On September 1, 2018 C. F. Martin & Company became the first player in the musical instrument industry to receive a respected certification that it meets standards set for how a company treats its employees, the community, and the environment.
The other day, Adam Levy told a roomful of students that they ought to buy some drum kits and learn to play them. Taken out of context, this would hardly seem like unusual advice, but Levy, a contributing AG writer and ace guitarist, singer-songwriter, sideman, and educator, was in fact…
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The bankruptcy filing does not mean the end of the celebrated guitar maker. A Chapter 11 bankruptcy, like the one filed by Gibson Brands, Inc., is a way for the company to not die.
C.F. Martin & Company’s Nazareth, Pennsylvania, factory has long been a mecca for acoustic guitarists, and earlier this winter, Vintage Instruments, in downtown Philadelphia, became a Martin annex of sorts.
The Acoustic Guitar team is planning a special feature for the May 2018 issue called “25 Must-Hear Acoustic Guitar Recordings of the 21st Century,” and we want to know what you think. Please take a moment to respond to this survey about your favorite acoustic-guitar related albums of the past 17…
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On this day 20 years ago—December 2, 1997—the amazing and influential fingerstyle guitarist Michael Hedges was killed when the car he was driving veered off a cliff in Mendocino County, California.; he was 43. The accident cut short the brilliant career of one of the steel-string guitar’s most unique voices.…
Umanov Guitars, a Greenwich Village mainstay since 1969, closes for good.
Richard Thompson and Mary Chapin Carpenter will be among the guest speakers at the 30th Folk Alliance International conference being held at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri, February 14–18. According to FAI’s executive director, Aengus Finnan, “Folk music is alive and well with more artists, presenters, and…
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By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers; Photo by Sandy Roe/Juan Junco The woman behind me caught the Beatles at Shea Stadium back in ’65. The teenager down the row wearing the black Bieber shirt certainly did not, nor did the two young women who handed us “Na-Na” signs to wave during “Hey…
By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers A dream team of younger generation acoustic musicians, including Punch Brothers, I’m With Her, and Julian Lage, is hitting the road this summer for a tour called American Acoustic. See the complete dates below. The tour grew out of a festival with the same name that…
On May 10, legendary guitarists Magic Slim, Johnny Copeland, and Willie Johnson were posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, in a ceremony taking place in Memphis, Tennessee. They joined three other performers honored this year at the 38th annual ceremony: vocalists Mavis Staples and Latimore, and piano man…
By Blair Jackson Here’s a solid recommendation: Be sure to check out the brilliant three-part documentary series American Epic, airing Tuesday nights in May on PBS, beginning May 16 and continuing on May 23 and May 30, along with the related American Epic Sessions program airing on Tuesday June 6.…
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By Blair Jackson Next time you’re passing through Music City (CMA Music Festival? Summer NAMM? On your way to Bonnaroo?), you might want to carve out some time to check out the newly opened Gallery of Iconic Guitars (aka “The Gig”) at Belmont University, which has on display dozens of…
Fresh from its run at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, the new touring exhibit Paul Simon: Words & Music has opened at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles — making its only West Coast stop. On display through September 10, the exhibit chronicles…
by Melinda Newman Woody Guthrie famously placed a sign that read “This machine kills fascists” on his acoustic guitar in 1941, signaling that his instrument—combined with the collective strength of those who heard his music—wielded the power to topple corrupt leaders. Nearly 80 years later, the acoustic guitar is still…
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On the eve of Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux embarking on a North American tour, let’s revisit a vintage video of Jones’ jazztastic, acoustic-guitar-driven hit single “Chuck E’s in Love,” from 1979. See the entire list of tour dates below. The duo just released a politically charged video for a newly recorded…
British guitarist and indie-pop artist Charlie Cunningham performs a live version of “Minimum” at St John’s church in Hackney. The song is included on his new album, Lines.
Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter (1888-1949) is one of America’s most influential blues and folk musicians. With his booming 12-string guitar, immense repertoire, and poignant lyrics, Lead Belly’s music has been the touchstone and inspiration for countless artists. Here he serenades his wife, Martha Promise, (as well as a room of adoring and well-dressed…
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Nashville-based singers and songwriters Molly Stevens and Declan McGarry formed Me & Molly in 2015. Despite having spent a few years writing and playing together across the States and Canada as solo artists sharing a bill, it wasn’t until Grammy-winning producer Neal Cappallino (Alison Krauss) suggested they try performing as…
Indie-rocker Joseph Arthur has released an acoustic-guitar version of the Louis Armstrong pop classic “What a Wonderful World” (Real World Records) as a single. The release is in conjunction with the Food Policy Action Education Fund (FPA-EF)launch of A Place at the Table, a three-year national media campaign to inspire…
Twenty-seven-time Grammy Award winner Alison Krauss will release Windy City on February 17, her first effort away from her band Union Station since Raising Sand and her debut for Capitol Records. The album features Krauss performing 10 classic songs that she carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon. The pre-order for…
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By Anna Pulley Joan Baez is receiving better presents than diamonds and rust this year, as the legendary folksinger will be one of the six recipients inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. Inductees were announced today, and the acoustic icon is the only woman to receive the…
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