Blues | Acoustic Guitar

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Buffalo Nichols’ Blues Guitar Hits Hard in this Acoustic Guitar Sessions In Place Performance

Buffalo Nichols is writing songs that channel the music he heard growing up into a deeply lived vision focused on “putting more Black stories” into acoustic blues.

Jontavious Willis’ Country Blues | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place

At just 24 years old, Jontavious Willis sings and plays like a seasoned veteran of the blues. Willis grew up singing gospel music in Greenville, Georgia, but f... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Albanie Falletta

Fingerpicking, flatpicking, writing songs, and swinging old standards seem to flow easily from guitarist/singer/songwriter Albanie Falletta. After spending seve... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Todd Albright

By Greg Olwell For this session, guitarist and singer Todd Albright played three songs on his retro-style baritone 12-string guitars, while swinging down the We... Read More...

Watch: Chris Smither Performs Three Songs from ‘Call Me Lucky’ in this Acoustic Guitar Session

Earlier this spring, American acoustic folk-blues treasure Chris Smither stopped by the AG studios to play a couple of songs off Call Me Lucky, his first releas... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Bobby Rush

Louisiana bluesman Bobby Rush stopped by the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to play a few songs from his 60-plus year career. First up was "You Just Like a ... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Roy Book Binder

Country-blues troubadour Roy Book Binder stopped by the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform songs from his 2013 album The Good Book (on his own label Peg... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Otis Taylor (with Anne Harris)

By Greg Cahill He calls it trance blues. And Chicago-born bluesman Otis Taylor has honed his art into a razor-sharp, steely mojo machine, garnering critical... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Charlie Parr

Raw, intense, and powerful, Charlie Parr's brand of blues will send shivers up your spine. The Minnesota-based guitarist joins us in the studio to talk about hi... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Chris Smither

By Whitney Phaneuf Acoustic folk-blues guitarist and songwriter Chris Smither performs "Don't Call Me Stranger," and discusses his songwriting and recovery fro... Read More...

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