Alternative Acoustic

Michael Franti Acoustic Guitar Session

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Michael Franti

Michael Franti occupies a unique position in the current music scene. He was a founding member of late-'80s experimental funk band the Beatnigs -- which combined noisy, industrial punk and hip-hop with hard-hitting political songs, eventually evolving into the marginally more accessible Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents the Wood Brothers

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents the Wood Brothers

For almost 20 years, Oliver and Chris Wood nurtured separate musical careers: Oliver with his band King Johnson and as a Tinsley Ellis sideman, Chris with experimental jazz group Medeski Martin and Wood.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Buzz Osborne

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Buzz Osborne

Buzz Osborne, the wild-haired front man of the Melvins, has gone acoustic on his latest album, This Machine Kills Artists. Buzz stopped by the AG studios recently for our latest installment of Acoustic Guitar Sessions to discuss his self-described “ham-fisted” playing technique, and showcase a couple of songs from the new album.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Peter Case

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Peter Case

In this Acoustic Guitar Session, Peter Case discusses the solo-acoustic inspiration he got from his blues idols Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Johnson, and Mississippi John Hurt, which led the former Plimsouls member to discover the advantages--both artistically and economically--of going solo.
John Acoustic Guitar Sessions Punk Songwriter Unplugged Solo

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents John Doe

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.