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Album Reviews

Album Review: George Thorogood’s ‘Party of One’ (Rounder)

Boogie King’s acoustic and resonator guitars shine on true solo album Musical trends and fads come and go, but 40 years after the release of his still-fresh-sounding debut album, George Thorogood continues to play pretty much what he’s always played:…

Blair Jackson
June 28, 2017

Guitars

Gear Review: Two All-Mahogany Bristol Guitars Offer Big Bang for the Bucks [VIDEO]

Two Bristol steel-string acoustic guitars.

Play a Bristol BM-15 or BD-15 and you get the warm, midrange-forward tone you’d expect from a high-quality, solid-wood, all-mahogany guitar.

Acoustic Guitar Editors
October 14, 2016

Scenes

Trekking the Mississippi Blues Trail: B.B. King Museum, Parchman Farm, Dockery Farms, and More

Founded by the Mississippi Blues Foundation, the trail’s purpose is to honor and promote Mississippi’s rich blues heritage.

Karen Peterson
October 7, 2016

Dreadnought

Gear Review: The 2016 Gibson Hummingbird Vintage Model Is a High-Flying Acoustic Guitar [VIDEO]

Gibson Hummingbird acoustic dreadnought guitar.

It’s not just one of the best Hummingbirds I’ve played, but an excellent flattop by any yardstick—one as graceful and nimble as its name suggests.

Adam Perlmutter
September 20, 2016

What They Play

Down & Dirty: 10 Next-Gen Resonator Players

AG asked ten up-and-coming resonator players why they are drawn to these fascinating guitars and what aspiring reso players should do if they want to learn.

Mark Kemp
April 11, 2016

Interviews and Profiles

Frampton Comes Unplugged

Peter Frampton standing with acoustic guitar. Photo by Gregg Roth

For his latest album, Peter Frampton decided to pull out all the plugs on a totally acoustic set of 11 reworked classics from his 1970s solo records.

Mark Kemp
March 23, 2016

Songwriters

Americana on the High Seas with Buddy Miller & Friends

For Buddy Miller the high seas is the perfect place to create an album of country duets.

Kenny Berkowitz
February 16, 2016

History and Remembrances

The Circle, Unbroken: 50 Years of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

By Mark Kemp “What in the world are you listening to in there?” My mom was confused. It was the early 1970s and she was hearing acoustic guitars, banjos, and fiddles blaring from the wooden stereo console in our living…

Mark Kemp
February 3, 2016
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Album Reviews

Album Review: James McMurtry Strips Down to Acoustic Guitars on ‘Complicated Game’

There’s not a better living American songwriter than James McMurtry, whose literary bloodline—son of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Larry McMurtry (The Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove)—makes a damn good case for a genetic predisposition for telling great stories.

Mark Kemp
April 22, 2015

Dreadnought

Gear Review: New Hummingbird Flutters to Life

In late 2013, Keith Richards told the Wall Street Journal how he came up with the right textures for one of the Rolling Stones’ most famous riffs: the intro to “Street Fighting Man.” He’d been experimenting with open tunings, recording…

Mark Kemp
March 18, 2014