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Dreadnought

Video Review: Guild’s D-40 Is a Rebirth of a Made-In-America Classic

The Guild D-40 has a long history of producing an iconic sound. Much of the desirable tone heard on 1960s folk-revival recordings is compliments of a Guild D-40, which was introduced in 1963.

Greg Cahill
December 15, 2016

Rock

How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from Simple Rhythms

The steady eighth-note pattern is about as simple as they come, but it’s the consistent use of downstrokes that gives this rhythm pattern its character.

Andrew DuBrock
October 23, 2016

Mid-Size

Gear Review: Michael Kelley Forte Port, a Bargain Acoustic Guitar at Under $300 [VIDEO]

Michael Kelly Forte Port Acoustic Guitar

At first glance, the Michael Kelly Forte Port might seem like nothing special. After all, it has laminated sapele back and sides, a two-piece mahogany neck, a nylon nut, black ply binding, and a sticker price of just $299.

Greg Cahill
September 20, 2016

Scenes

A Week at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop Offers a Chance to Woodshed & Canoe with a Guy Named Dave

Dear Aunt Sarah, Thank you so much for sending me the link to your online posting of “Jambalaya.” I enjoyed all 12 verses, although not in one sitting. And let me be the first to say that those guitar lessons…

Dennis Globus
August 22, 2016

Songwriters

Cindy Lee Berryhill: Teach Your Children, And Take Your Own Guitar Playing to the Next Level

Cindy Lee Berryhill poses with her guitar

If you go back and listen to my earliest albums, Who’s Gonna Save the World and Naked Movie Star, I’m a strummer. We were folkies, but we were punks at heart.

Cindy Lee Berryhill
August 22, 2016

Interviews and Profiles

Six-String Sagas: Ani DiFranco, Eric Bibb, and 11 More Top Players Share Guitar Stories [VIDEO]

A collage of three acoustic guitarists: Tommy Emmanuel, Ani DiFranco, and Eric Bibb

More than 160 artists have been featured in Acoustic Guitar Sessions. Here we take a look back at some of the series’ most interesting guitar tales.

Greg Cahill
August 19, 2016

Powerful Voices

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents La Santa Cecilia

La Santa Cecilia Acoustic Guitar Session

On the West Coast leg of a national tour, La Santa Cecilia visited the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform three songs.

Greg Cahill
June 27, 2016

Book, Film, and Media Reviews

READ an Excerpt from the New James Taylor Biography ‘Sweet Dreams & Flying Machines’

In 1970, a scraggly, anti-heroic young man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a biting and dark-yet-comforting new sound, a kind never heard before. Within a year of his first major album, Sweet Baby James, the rock…

Greg Cahill
May 25, 2016

Guitars

Video Review: Comparing 3 New Fender Acoustics from the Paramount Deluxe Series

These all-solid instruments are anything but whimsical. All three models feel and sound robust: more appropriate choices for the stage or studio than the beach.

Adam Perlmutter
May 16, 2016

Interviews and Profiles

Rebels with a Cause: How Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle Saved Country Music

By Greg Cahill 30 years ago, Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle released their debut albums. Nashville has never been the same “I first met Steve Earle in 1985 at a George Strait concert. Steve had come out from Nashville to…

Greg Cahill
May 3, 2016