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Powerful Voices

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Valerie June

We caught up with June in the upstairs poster room at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. She talked about her Carter Family and Mississippi John Hurt influences; being nurtured early on by the great Norman and Nancy Blake; and falling in love with her little Triple-O Martin.

Mark Kemp
April 10, 2014
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Blues

Fingerpicking the Blues: The Alternating-Bass Pattern

Learn techniques that players like Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, and John Fahey are known for.

Pete Madsen
January 27, 2014

Sponsored

Acoustic America: Iconic Guitars, Mandolins, and Banjos, MIM’s newest exhibition

Sponsored by Musical Instrument Museum: Opening on November 10, Acoustic America: Iconic Guitars, Mandolins, and Banjos, the newest special exhibition at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona, presents a once-in-a-lifetime collection of 90 historic stringed instruments played by the heroes of folk, blues, and…

Sponsored Story
October 19, 2023

Flatpicking, Play Like Your Favorite Guitarists

An Exploration of Doc Watson’s Innovative and Joyful Guitar Stylings

Doc Watson performing on acoustic guitar. Photo by Blair Jensen

This lesson breaks down Watson’s acoustic flatpicking, beginning with rhythm and backup, transitioning to his lead playing, and ending with the combination of the two.

Alan Barnosky
July 19, 2023

History and Remembrances

Remembering Roots and Blues Legend Steve James

The acoustic music world lost one of its most colorful figures when Steve James passed away on January 6, 2023, at 72.

Acoustic Guitar Editors
June 23, 2023

Podcast

Steve James | The Acoustic Guitar Podcast

Join us for a rollicking conversation and to hear some original tunes performed by the late, great roots-and-blues raconteur Steve James.

Nick Grizzle
January 25, 2023

Blues, Fingerstyle

Guitar Lesson: Fingerpicking on the Blues in C Major

Here are three ways to play a 12-bar blues in C major on guitar, seen through the lens of the old blues masters.

Pete Madsen
November 25, 2022

Instrumentalists

Alternate Tunings Master Glenn Jones Returns With ‘Vade Mecum,’ a Very Personal Musical Diary

Glenn Jones doesn’t see open tunings as an alternate to standard, but rather as the core to his approach to playing and composing on guitar, including on his album ‘Vade Mecum.‘

Emile Menasché
September 28, 2022

Fingerstyle, Instrumentals

How the Music of Madagascar Can Expand Your Fingerstyle Guitar Playing

Bruce Molsky with acoustic guitars and banjo

In this lesson, Bruce Molsky demonstrates how the guitar tradition from Madagascar takes in not only local music elements but classical and pop influences from everywhere.

Bruce Molsky
May 18, 2022

Blues, History and Remembrances

Out of the Shadows: Undersung Women of Blues Guitar

Here we highlight female blues guitarists who helped shaped the blues; masterly musicians who don’t always receive the recognition they deserve.

Valerie Turner
March 15, 2022