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Album Reviews: Revealing Solo Guitar Outings from Duck Baker and Nathan Salsburg

From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KENNY BERKOWITZ There’s an essential, idiosyncratic Southern-ness in these early Duck Baker tracks, ha... Read More...

How Singing Cowboys and Mass Marketing Created the Humble, Hardy Cowboy Guitar

Cowboy guitars are a fascinating subset of guitar history. Here, historian Michael Wright discusses their origins and rise in popularity in the U.S.

LA Unplugged: 12 Must-See Acoustic Music Spaces In and Around Los Angeles

From the May 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MELINDA NEWMAN Sure, Los Angeles is home to swimming pools and movie stars, but it’s also a mecca for musi... Read More...

Close up view of Alvin Youngblood Hart's face and the upright neck of his acoustic guitar

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.

Richard Hoover’s Santa Cruz Guitar Co. Celebrates a Milestone

Since being founded in 1976 by Richard Hoover some 70 miles south of San Francisco, CA, Santa Cruz Guitars has become a favorite of superstars and aficionados.

Jug Band Cohorts Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur Reunite on a Collection of American Roots Classics, ‘Penny’s Farm’

From the November 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY DERK RICHARDSON It’s been nearly 55 years since two of the folk revival’s best guitarists, Jim Kweskin... Read More...

How to Start a Jug Band, According to Jim Kweskin: Get Off of the Couch & Onto the Street in 5 Easy Steps [Video]

By Greg Cahill “There are at least hundreds, maybe thousands of jug bands out there. It’s amazing. I see them everywhere I go and hear some really good ones,... Read More...

Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger! Watch Him Perform ‘If I Had a Hammer’ in 1956, Read an In-Depth Q&A from the Archives

Before his death in 2014, AG interviewed Pete Seeger about his life and influence on contemporary folk music for its July 2002 cover story. Below is that interv... Read More...

High on Bluegrass: Grateful Dead Guitarist Jerry Garcia’s Acoustic Side

By Greg Cahill In 1992, on a rainy winter morning, I had the opportunity to interview Jerry Garcia at the Grateful Dead’s office in a two-story clapboard Vic... Read More...