Ask the Expert: When it Comes to Repairs, When Is Enough Enough?
If restoration is executed by craftsmen as skilled as those charged with maintaining Stradivaris, the spirit of the original guitar will eventually return after a bit of breaking in.
Album Review: ‘Live Book’ Highlights Andy McKee’s Sonic Storyteller Brilliance
Live Book is a must not only for Andy McKee fans, but those who love the diverse sounds of the acoustic guitar presented with a sonic storyteller’s brilliance.
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The Earls of Leicester Combine Standards and Rarities on ‘Rattle & Roar’
They’re not trying to recapture these Flatt and Scruggs songs, they’re trying to keep them alive
Todd Snider’s Hard Working Americans Offer a Sobering Vision of Life on ‘Rest in Chaos’
Snider is still brilliantly unpredictable, still sharp as a broken bottle.
Six-String Sagas: Ani DiFranco, Eric Bibb, and 11 More Top Players Share Guitar Stories [VIDEO]
More than 160 artists have been featured in Acoustic Guitar Sessions. Here we take a look back at some of the series’ most interesting guitar tales.
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Sarah Jarosz’s ‘Undercurrent’ Charts a New Course
Layered, textured tunes, some sparsely arranged with little more than solo acoustic guitar, retain the flavor of roots music
Legendary McCabe’s Guitar Shop Is a Mecca for LA Guitarists
It's one of the world’s great guitar shops—so storied that LA Weekly instituted the annual awards category, “Best Guitar Shop (That’s Not McCabe’s).” There’s no place quite like it.
Learn to Play ‘Crazy Blues,’ the First Mega-Hit Blues Record [VIDEO]
The 1920 recording of “Crazy Blues,” on the Okeh label, by Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds, is often cited as the first blues record. While that may be debatable, it was the first blues 78 rpm to sell a million copies. It eventually sold over two million copies and…
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Review: Rayco Releases the Ultimate Square-Neck Resonator Guitar [VIDEO]
The Rayco has a warm and brilliant tone, drenched with harmonic color. It’s an impressively loud and lively instrument that almost sounds like multiple guitars played at once.
Review: Alvarez’s Delta 00/TSB and Blues 51/TSB Parlor Guitars Capture an Old-School Vibe
A pair of freshly made parlor guitars with a growl and bark perfect for fingerpicked blues and ragtime, conjuring up vintage sounds of the Mississippi Delta and the American South.
Video Lesson: Four Ways to Silence Your Guitar Strings
Explore four solutions and subtle technique adjustments to deal with unwanted, distracting string noise when you play guitar.
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Guitar Great Bryan Sutton Delivers Bluegrass Playing Tips & More
There’s a lot about the way Bryan Sutton plays guitar, but it’s all about flow and movement, and moving forward through something.
Video Lesson: Spice Up Your Guitar Playing With Jazz-Style Harmonic Flavors
The concepts taught in this Weekly Workout will help you play with new depth and excitement.
Video Lesson: Reimagining Bluesman Robert Johnson in Open-G Tuning
Take a look at some of the songs Robert Johnson played in open tunings and learn how to use his melodic and rhythmic ideas in any 12-bar blues.