https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:48:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 https://acousticguitar.com/inside-the-songwriting-and-guitar-craft-of-gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings/ https://acousticguitar.com/inside-the-songwriting-and-guitar-craft-of-gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146442 Rawlings and Welch go deep about the writing and recording of their latest songs and the vintage guitar discoveries that helped shape them.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/inside-the-songwriting-and-guitar-craft-of-gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings/feed/ 2 146442 https://acousticguitar.com/jerron-paxton-tray-wellington-and-yasmin-williams-reflect-on-black-country-music/ 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https://acousticguitar.com/how-russian-born-virtuoso-grisha-goryachev-became-a-flamenco-guitar-master/feed/ 0 146412 https://acousticguitar.com/nylon-string-virtuoso-niwel-tsumbu-blends-congolese-roots-with-global-sounds/ https://acousticguitar.com/nylon-string-virtuoso-niwel-tsumbu-blends-congolese-roots-with-global-sounds/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146459 No matter how far the Ireland-based guitarist travels, both physically and musically, his connection to Congo is ever-present, as this Zoom interview reveals.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/nylon-string-virtuoso-niwel-tsumbu-blends-congolese-roots-with-global-sounds/feed/ 0 146459 https://acousticguitar.com/ani-difranco-takes-her-guitar-and-voice-in-a-radical-new-direction/ https://acousticguitar.com/ani-difranco-takes-her-guitar-and-voice-in-a-radical-new-direction/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145836 DiFranco sits down with Peter Mulvey to discuss her new record, writing, touring, her love of tenor and rubber bridge guitars, and the meaning of the term “umwelt.”]]> https://acousticguitar.com/ani-difranco-takes-her-guitar-and-voice-in-a-radical-new-direction/feed/ 1 145836 https://acousticguitar.com/how-the-acoustic-guitar-kept-the-pulse-of-the-swing-era/ https://acousticguitar.com/how-the-acoustic-guitar-kept-the-pulse-of-the-swing-era/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145794 We’ll examine the techniques and approaches that made the acoustic guitar an essential component of the swing era, while tracing its journey through the big band era and its lasting impact on jazz.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/how-the-acoustic-guitar-kept-the-pulse-of-the-swing-era/feed/ 0 145794 https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-folk-legend-and-educator-happy-traum-1938-2024/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-folk-legend-and-educator-happy-traum-1938-2024/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145815 In this series of remembrances, some close friends and collaborators—and Happy’s musician son, Adam—share their reflections on the man and his music. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-folk-legend-and-educator-happy-traum-1938-2024/feed/ 3 145815 https://acousticguitar.com/pat-metheny-explores-baritone-guitar/ https://acousticguitar.com/pat-metheny-explores-baritone-guitar/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145848 The groundbreaking guitarist goes deep on his latest solo ventures—and why every one of his 50-plus releases feels like a single album.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/pat-metheny-explores-baritone-guitar/feed/ 1 145848 https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-singer-songwriter-maya-de-vitry/ https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-singer-songwriter-maya-de-vitry/#comments Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145867 Maya de Vitry discuses her formative musical years, her deep rhythmic relationship with the acoustic guitar, and her love of instruments that don’t feel delicate.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-singer-songwriter-maya-de-vitry/feed/ 1 145867 https://acousticguitar.com/margaret-glaspy-connects-with-her-younger-self-and-an-old-gibson-l-00-on-the-sun-doesnt-think/ https://acousticguitar.com/margaret-glaspy-connects-with-her-younger-self-and-an-old-gibson-l-00-on-the-sun-doesnt-think/#comments Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145410 It wasn’t until a recent solo acoustic tour that Glaspy played for a public audience with just her steel-string guitar for the first time in her professional life, a format she found freeing both literally and metaphorically. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/margaret-glaspy-connects-with-her-younger-self-and-an-old-gibson-l-00-on-the-sun-doesnt-think/feed/ 3 145410 https://acousticguitar.com/approaching-his-80th-birthday-legendary-roots-singer-songwriter-chris-smither-reflects-on-lessons-from-the-stage-studio-and-woodshed/ https://acousticguitar.com/approaching-his-80th-birthday-legendary-roots-singer-songwriter-chris-smither-reflects-on-lessons-from-the-stage-studio-and-woodshed/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:51:31 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145400 When Acoustic Guitar invited me to interview Smither, I was delighted to sit down in his study to talk about how his performance and writing have evolved over the years.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/approaching-his-80th-birthday-legendary-roots-singer-songwriter-chris-smither-reflects-on-lessons-from-the-stage-studio-and-woodshed/feed/ 3 145400 https://acousticguitar.com/laura-snowden-combines-her-instrument-and-voice-for-fresh-classical-sounds/ https://acousticguitar.com/laura-snowden-combines-her-instrument-and-voice-for-fresh-classical-sounds/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145336 Snowden shares reflections on her education, the extramusical disciplines that inform her practice regimen, and her adventurous work as a composer-arranger.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/laura-snowden-combines-her-instrument-and-voice-for-fresh-classical-sounds/feed/ 0 145336 https://acousticguitar.com/james-elkington-and-nathan-salsburg-blend-seamlessly-on-all-gist/ https://acousticguitar.com/james-elkington-and-nathan-salsburg-blend-seamlessly-on-all-gist/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145419 On a long, jovial Zoom call, Elkington and Salsburg spoke to Acoustic Guitar from their respective homes about the nuts and bolts of their work as a duo.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/james-elkington-and-nathan-salsburg-blend-seamlessly-on-all-gist/feed/ 0 145419 https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-happy-traum-1938-2024/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-happy-traum-1938-2024/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:02:25 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145380 Happy Traum was a Renaissance man in both senses of the term, a person of wide and deep interests and pursuits and a man capable of invention and reinvention throughout the long life that just ended after 86 eventful years. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-happy-traum-1938-2024/feed/ 15 145380 https://acousticguitar.com/hurray-for-the-riff-raffs-alynda-segarra-looks-ahead-and-reconnects-with-acoustic-guitar-on-the-past-is-still-alive/ https://acousticguitar.com/hurray-for-the-riff-raffs-alynda-segarra-looks-ahead-and-reconnects-with-acoustic-guitar-on-the-past-is-still-alive/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=144817 Segarra’s return to the acoustic guitar marks a new integration of the band’s American folk roots with a more sophisticated level of songcraft.]]> 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https://acousticguitar.com/classical-guitar-phenom-jiji-and-her-polystylistic-adventures/ https://acousticguitar.com/classical-guitar-phenom-jiji-and-her-polystylistic-adventures/#respond Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=144046 The South Korea born guitarist/composer reflects on her diverse influences, shares practice techniques, and previews some upcoming projects.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/classical-guitar-phenom-jiji-and-her-polystylistic-adventures/feed/ 0 144046 https://acousticguitar.com/four-young-fingerstyle-guitar-players/ https://acousticguitar.com/four-young-fingerstyle-guitar-players/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=144003 Fingerstyle guitar is in good hands, judging by the diverse talents of Jontavious Willis, Janet Noguera, Hayden Pedigo, and Muireann Bradley.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/four-young-fingerstyle-guitar-players/feed/ 0 144003 https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-guitar-repair-guru-frank-ford/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-guitar-repair-guru-frank-ford/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=143867 The legacy Ford leaves behind is much greater than just the story of his work—it is also one of community, innovation, education, and friendship.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-guitar-repair-guru-frank-ford/feed/ 0 143867 https://acousticguitar.com/chris-eldridge-revisits-his-bluegrass-roots-with-mighty-poplar/ https://acousticguitar.com/chris-eldridge-revisits-his-bluegrass-roots-with-mighty-poplar/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=144060 “Critter” chats about his bluegrass travels, lessons learned from Tony Rice, and the discovery of his holy grail guitar.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/chris-eldridge-revisits-his-bluegrass-roots-with-mighty-poplar/feed/ 0 144060 https://acousticguitar.com/wolfgang-muthspiel-explores-western-tradition-and-nylon-string-guitar-as-a-jazz-improviser/ https://acousticguitar.com/wolfgang-muthspiel-explores-western-tradition-and-nylon-string-guitar-as-a-jazz-improviser/#respond Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=143611 The acoustic has found its way back into the classically trained Austrian guitarist’s studio and live work over the past decade.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/wolfgang-muthspiel-explores-western-tradition-and-nylon-string-guitar-as-a-jazz-improviser/feed/ 0 143611 https://acousticguitar.com/singer-songwriter-and-fingerstyle-guitar-wizard-willy-porter-goes-deep-on-the-ravine/ https://acousticguitar.com/singer-songwriter-and-fingerstyle-guitar-wizard-willy-porter-goes-deep-on-the-ravine/#respond Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:42:04 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=143600 Porter sat down with AG to discuss his inventive playing, his latest record, his creative process, and his dedication to practice and preparation.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/singer-songwriter-and-fingerstyle-guitar-wizard-willy-porter-goes-deep-on-the-ravine/feed/ 0 143600 https://acousticguitar.com/fingerstyle-composer-peppino-dagostino-connects-the-steel-and-nylon-string-guitar-worlds/ https://acousticguitar.com/fingerstyle-composer-peppino-dagostino-connects-the-steel-and-nylon-string-guitar-worlds/#respond Sun, 28 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=143450 D’Agostino uses unorthodox tunings, percussion, and other techniques to open up new vistas on the instrument. Yet his compositions feel driven by melody.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/fingerstyle-composer-peppino-dagostino-connects-the-steel-and-nylon-string-guitar-worlds/feed/ 0 143450 https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-legendary-luthier-frank-ford-1944-2023/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-legendary-luthier-frank-ford-1944-2023/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2024 06:15:12 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=143150 The legacy Frank leaves behind is much greater than just the story of his work—it is also a legacy of community, innovation, education, and friendship.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-legendary-luthier-frank-ford-1944-2023/feed/ 7 143150