Watch Highlights from the Acoustic Guitar Team Hangout
We talked all-time favorite articles, top tips for guitar players, and a whole lot more. Check out a few highlights from the event here.
Acoustic Guitar Presents Ron Jackson FB Live Takeover with Mimi Fox and Paul Mehling
Watch the replay of Ron Jackson's Facebook live event featuring Mimi Fox and Paul Mehling
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Watch Ron Jackson’s AG Facebook Takeover Performance and Q&A with Sean McGowan
It was your typical summertime Friday night—the sun taking its time to retreat into the horizon, dreams of a fun weekend beginning to form in the mind, and the computer fired up and ready to provide a fun, safe, socially distant evening of music and guitar talk with two superb…
A Piano Player Walks Into a Guitar Show, a Report from the 2019 Artisan Guitar Show
This year’s Artisan Guitar Show was a great success, with fantastic guitar and accessory makers, super-talented musicians, and an entertaining lineup of events that had something for everyone—even piano players.
Photo Recap: Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase 2017
Though the instruments on display were stunningly varied, one trend in clear evidence was the continuing resurgence of the small-bodied guitar.
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Merlefest 2016: Watch Tommy Emmanuel, Sierra Hull, and More Pick Out the Jams!
Knowledge and experience pay off. That’s what my mom always told me. She still does. And it goes doubly when you’re setting out to create a video montage from one of your favorite events of the year: Merlefest, that ever-growing piece of musical heaven in the sweet, rolling foothills of my…
Merlefest 2016: Watch John Oates Go ‘One On One’ With His Mahogany Martin
After Hall & Oates came out of Philly with a blue-eyed soul sound that would top the pop charts by the late 1970s and through the early ’80s, John Oates eventually became sort of a Pip to Daryl Hall’s Gladys Knight. But today, Oates is one-on-one onstage with an acoustic…
Merlefest 2016: Watch Kacy & Clayton Perform ‘Wood View’
One of the highlights of the ‘Acoustic Guitar Stage’ at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, recently was the Canadian duo Kacy & Clayton, whose electric folk-rock is reminiscent of 1960s British folk bands such as the Fairport Convention. I caught up with the duo at Merlefest, where they played…
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Merlefest 2016: Jim Lauderdale Talks About the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest
Some of Americana’s greatest contemporary songwriters, including Gillian Welch and Tift Merritt, began their careers by winning the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest held each year at Merlefest. Acoustic Guitar is a sponsor of the contest, and I sat down with the contest’s chairperson, Grammy-winning songwriter Jim Lauderdale, on Friday behind the Doc…
Merlefest 2016: Watch Steep Canyon Rangers Perform “Come Dance”
AG caught up with Woody Platt, guitarist and frontman of the Grammy-winning North Carolina bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers on the band’s tour bus at Merlefest 2016. Watch Platt play and talk with me about his beloved Collings guitar and then perform “Come Dance” during the Rangers’ well-attended evening set…
Merlefest 2016: DAY ONE
Sunshine, good friends, and bluegrass music. It doesn’t any better than this. Acoustic Guitar senior editor Mark Kemp is at MerleFest 2016 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The acts today include John Prine, Peter Rowan, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Alison Brown, and Jim Lauderdale,…
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Announcing Merlefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Competition Finalists and Watch Past Winners Hunter and Suzy Owens
Among the many highlights of the annual Merlefest music event held in the North Carolina mountains, April 28-May 1, is the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition, which has seen a who’s who of great contemporary songwriters take top prizes over the years, including Gillian Welch, Tift Merritt, and Michael Reno Harrell. This year’s contest —…
WATCH: Robbie Fulks Performs “Long I Ride” at SXSW
Continuing ‘Robbie Fulks Week’ at Acoustic Guitar, here’s another video performance from the master guitarist and songwriter captured live on the Acoustic Guitar Stage at the Brooklyn Country Cantina this past Saturday, March 19, during SXSW. Here, Fulks and fiddler Shad Cobb perform “Long I Ride,” from Fulks’ 2013 Bloodshot Records album Gone Away Backward. We’re celebrating Fulks…
WATCH: Robbie Fulks Performs “I’ll Trade You Money For Wine” at SXSW
It’s Robbie Fulks Week here at Acoustic Guitar. That means every day for the rest of this week, we’ll be featuring a video performance from the master guitarist and songwriter captured live on the Acoustic Guitar Stage at the Brooklyn Country Cantina this past Saturday, March 19, during SXSW. Here’s Fulks…
Acoustic Guitar at SXSW
Acoustic Guitar had a blast at the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, last week, but we only caught a tiny sliver of the great music that was going on all around town.
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WATCH: Margaret Glaspy Apologizes for Playing Killer Electric on ‘Acoustic Guitar’ Stage
“What kind of acoustic are you playing today,” I asked the exquisite singer, songwriter, and guitarist Margaret Glaspy as she prepared to go onto the Acoustic Guitar stage at the Brooklyn Country Cantina Saturday during the South by Southwest Music Conference. She furrowed her brow: “Oh, I’m playing an electric today. I’m sorry!” Sorry?…
WATCH: Tawny Newsome Joins Robbie Fulks on ‘AG’ Stage at SXSW
You may know Tawny Newsome for her comedy work with Second City, or you may know Newsome for her music work with the Mekons’ Jon Langford. This afternoon, at around 2 p.m. Central Time, ace songwriter and guitar wizard Robbie Fulks bought the singer and funnywoman onto Acoustic Guitar‘s stage at…
‘Acoustic Guitar’ to Showcase Robbie Fulks, Margaret Glaspy & More at SXSW
If you’re in Austin, Texas, next week for the South by Southwest Music Conference, you won’t want to miss Robbie Fulks, Margaret Glaspy, Daddy Long Legs, Kacy & Clayton, Luke Winslow-King, the Wild Reeds, and others perform on the Acoustic Guitar Stage at the Brooklyn Country Cantina on Saturday, March 19.…
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Folk Alliance: Judy Collins Disses Dylan, Sings ‘Amazing Grace’
By Mark Kemp At the 28th Annual Folk Alliance International on February 17-20, Acoustic Guitar captured the legendary folksinger Judy Collins‘ keynote address on video. Caveat: The picture quality isn’t great–and Collins isn’t playing her signature Martin 12-string–but these excerpts are well worth watching for her wonderful, sometimes hilarious stories about Bob Dylan (whose early performances…
Folk Alliance Day Two Highlights: Grant-Lee Phillips, John Craigie, Perla Batalla, Darlingside, and More
By Mark Kemp KANSAS CITY, Mo. — During a brief set of songs with funny titles like “Pictures on My Phone” and “I Almost Stole Some Weed from Todd Snider,” the Los Angeles troubadour John Craigie somehow managed to name-check not only Snider, but also Bob Dylan and John Prine on the second…
Folk Alliance Awards Night 2016: An Unapologetic Celebration of Our Elders
By Mark Kemp KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If the awards ceremony on the first day of the 28th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference was any indication of things to come, it’s going to be a hell of a week. For one thing, the Folk Alliance presented a lifetime achievement award to…