Sessions

James DePrato pairs contrasting tunes—Jerry Reed’s rollicking instrumental “Kicky” and Charlie Chaplin’s wistful “Smile” from the classic film Hard Times—in a ... Read More...

Is it kosher to play Led Zeppelin tunes on a Steve Howe signature model guitar? Yes! James DePrato solos on “What Is and What Should Never Be” and “Ramble On” ... Read More...

James DePrato’s “Blues for Nola” and Bob Dylan’s “Abandoned Love” both ring bold and true on this custom 1999 National Tricone Style 4, one of 27 guitars offer... Read More...

A bit of whimsy from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album and Merle Haggard’s bittersweet ballad; no wonder James DePrato makes this 2008 Collings D42 dreadnought... Read More...

Mimi Fox gives Wes Montgomery's "Four on Six" a workout on this Alvarez-Yairi WY1BR, one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 1... Read More...

Was outlaw Morris Slater the original Railroad Bill, or did he acquire the nickname from an earlier blues ballad? Ethnomusicologists may differ, but there‘s no... Read More...

Italian-born guitarist and musicologist Giacomo Fiore has released eight albums and premiered more than two dozen new works for justly tuned, electric, and cla... Read More...

Early jazz guitarist Nick Lucas was among the first to record this 1924 Ray Henderson composition, now a standard in the Great American Songbook.