Strengthen Your Accompaniment Skills
Introducing accents into your strumming/rhythm patterns can make even well-worn chord progressions sound fresh.
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Meet Joan Shelley: Folk’s Rising Star Talks Open Tunings, Influences, and Working with Jeff Tweedy
There’s a kind of clarity and calm in Joan Shelley’s music that feels especially welcome in these fractious times.
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Video Lesson: Play the Blues Like Alvin Youngblood Hart
Hart leans heavily on single-chord grooves with monotonic bass patterns. Learn some of these licks and how to capture the feel of Hart's acoustic blues.
Ann Savoy Is a Driving Force in Louisiana’s Folk Scene & the Matriarch of a Kick-Ass Musical Dynasty
“A friend of mine once said, ‘You’re the most egoless guitar player I’ve ever met,’” Ann says. “It’s not about me, it’s about how I fit into the band and how I can make them happy."
A Tribute to British Fingerstylist Bert Jansch and His Influential Arrangements
The legendary Scottish musician sojourned through the pits and pinnacles of music-making guided by his own compass, largely disinterested in popular trends.
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In Her Own Words: Rosanne Cash, Gillian Welch, Ani DiFranco, Janis Ian, Valerie June & More Share Their Passion for Guitar
From the March 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY WHITNEY PHANEUF, ANNA PULLEY, KAREN PETERSON & PAULINE FRANCE When the editors of Acoustic Guitar decided to carve out a special section on the topic of women, guitars, and success, I was hesitant. The sheer…
Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Lowell “Banana” Levinger & Others Are Finding a Place for Tenor Guitars in Their Music
The contemporary pop-music scene boasts a small, but enthusiastic, cadre of tenor fans seeking to add color to their stage and studio sound.
Learn to Play the Classic Railroad Song ‘Rock Island Line’
Not long ago, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry took a long train ride, from Chicago to LA, stopping at stations to record great railroad songs. The resulting album, Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad (Cooking Vinyl),…
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Watch Fingerstyle Virtuoso Gabriella Quevedo Perform Every Part of the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ on One Guitar
With more than 12 million views, stop us if you’ve seen this clip before, but it’s well worth a repeat watch. The young and immensely talented Swedish-born fingerstyle guitarist Gabriella Quevedo tackles Tomi Paldanius’ arrangement of the Eagles’ “Hotel California,”…
New Book ’26 Songs in 30 Days’ Reveals the History of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs
Guthrie’s fertile 30-day sojourn in the Pacific Northwest, when he composed 26 songs celebrating the rugged landscape is the subject of the new book.