Video Lesson: Learn to Fill the Gaps in Any Chord-Melody Guitar Arrangement
Learn to use tremolo picking on long notes and passing chords over multiple measures of rest to fill space in any chord-melody guitar arrangement.
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Review: Guild BT-258E Deluxe 8-String Baritone Is Good, Loud Fun
Guild pairs its classic jumbo guitar body with a long, 27-inch-scale neck and the more affordable production of its Chinese-built Westerly Collection. The idea is to offer an accessibly priced, fully featured instrument for players who know the satisfying, rafter-rattling power of a baritone and might be curious about exploring the low end.
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A Survey of British Fingerstyle Guitar from the 1960s to the Present
British guitarists Davey Graham, Martin Carthy, John Renbourne, and their contemporaries created a body of work that set the template for modern players while helping extend the expressive range of the steel-string guitar in general.
Justin Townes Earle on Songwriting, His Idiosyncratic Fingerpicking Style, and Battling Personal Demons
[Ed. Note: Singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle passed away on August 23, 2020, at the age of 38. Earle last sat with Acoustic Guitar’s Kenny Berkowitz for an extended conversation in 2012. Here is that interview.] As the son of Steve Earle, Justin Townes…
Out of the Blues: Reflections on the 1960s Folk Revival
In the late 1950s and early ’60s, prewar acoustic blues guitarists such as Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and Reverend Gary Davis earned late-in-life fame as new audiences eagerly devoured their music through performances at events like the Newport Folk…
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The Lasting Legacy of the Kingston Trio
Dick Boak traces the Kingston Trio's massive success to their folk roots.
Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar Explorations | Acoustic Guitar Champions
A comprehensive guitar method, songbook, and narrative anthology by Steve James, available to champions of this site or to purchase at store.AcousticGuitar.com.
Southern Journeys: Alan Lomax’s Steel-String Discoveries
Folklorist Alan Lomax is primarily recognized, when at all, by the instrumental role he played in launching the careers of some America’s—and the world’s—most beloved guitarist-singers. Indeed, it’s difficult to overestimate the role that he and his father, John A. Lomax, played in shaping musical history as they traveled the back roads of the southern United States collecting traditional music under the auspices of the Library of Congress.
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Eric Bibb Draws on Blues, Folk, Gospel, African, and More on ‘Global Griot’
In a career spanning five decades, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Eric Bibb has proven to be a musical alchemist—combining heaping helpings of blues, gospel, folk, and world music styles into a distinctive and magical amalgam that feels like its own…
Guitar Talk: Todd Albright’s Raucous 12-String Fingerstyle Blues
Many musicians can cop the notes played by blues and ragtime greats, but few are as successful at conveying the energy and driving feel as Todd Albright.