Search Results for Blackbird

Alternate Tunings

Laurence Juber: A DADGAD Lesson with the Fingerstyle Master

A smiling Laurence Juber with guitar. Photo by Kenna Love

Juber is one of the world’s most celebrated fingerstyle guitarists, a two-time Grammy winner, who, over the course of more than two-dozen solo albums, has developed a distinct personal voice on the steel-string acoustic.

Adam Perlmutter
September 1, 2019

News

The Top 100 Songs Acoustic Guitar Readers Want to See in the Magazine

In April 2019, we surveyed Acoustic Guitar audience members to find out which songs to publish in Acoustic Guitar magazine. More than 2,000 guitarists responded and not surprisingly, suggested more than 1,600 different songs! We winnowed that list down to…

David Lusterman
July 10, 2019

Album Reviews

Mimi Fox’s ‘This Bird Still Flies’ is a Quietly Adventurous Acoustic Outing

The seasoned jazz guitarist largely foregoes flash here for stunning lyrical solos that often exude a sense of quietude

Greg Cahill
June 13, 2019

Travel

Gear Review: KLOS Carbon Fiber Acoustic Electric Travel Guitar

There has been a revolution of sorts in guitar making over the past 15 years. RainSong, Blackbird, Composite Acoustics, and now KLOS have developed carbon-fiber instruments that can withstand the elements of extreme heat, cold, and moisture without suffering damage.

Pete Madsen
May 8, 2019

Instrumentalists

Guitar Talk: Yasmin Williams Finds Her Own Way

Watching Yasmin Williams perform, it is immediately apparent that the 22-year-old guitarist has an uncommon approach to her solo playing.

Nick Millevoi
March 20, 2019

Songwriters

Sunny War: A Different Kind of Blues

And then there’s Sunny War's guitar playing—a startling take on fingerstyle technique, with melodic riffs dancing over bluesy bass lines.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
August 7, 2018

Jazz

The Acoustic Jazz Guitarist | Acoustic Guitar Champions

Delve deep into the world of jazz guitar with this book of 10 extended lessons from master guitarist Sean McGowan.

Sean McGowan
April 1, 2018

Scenes

The State of the Independent Music Store

If there’s one breed of customer that rankles guitar-store owners, it’s not the unreasonable haggler or the teenager who overworks a Nirvana riff for an afternoon. More than anything, it’s the shopper who comes to examine an item but fully intends to purchase it online elsewhere. “Showcasing,” as it’s known, is not new, but it’s increasingly in the open, and indicative of a fickle retail environment where buyers chase deals via the internet.

Brian Wise
January 8, 2018

Gear Reviews

Top Gear 2017: Highly Detailed Replicas and Bargain-Basement Beauties

In recent years, guitarists have shown an increasing propensity for “old wood”—instruments that, due to decades of aging, have arrived at their peak resonant state.

Greg Olwell
October 24, 2017

News

Paul McCartney Delivers the Goods—and More—in ‘One on One’ Tour

By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers; Photo by Sandy Roe/Juan Junco The woman behind me caught the Beatles at Shea Stadium back in ’65. The teenager down the row wearing the black Bieber shirt certainly did not, nor did the two young…

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
October 12, 2017