https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:13:50 +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/behind-the-scenes-making-a-guitar-book/ https://acousticguitar.com/behind-the-scenes-making-a-guitar-book/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:27:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=144218 Learn about the process of writing and developing instructional materials for guitarists.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/behind-the-scenes-making-a-guitar-book/feed/ 0 144218 https://acousticguitar.com/thin-lear-performs-your-family-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place/ https://acousticguitar.com/thin-lear-performs-your-family-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:50:30 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=133259 Long Island-based singer-songwriter Thin Lear plays the song “Your Family” from his 2020 pandemic release, Wooden Cave (EggHunt Records).]]> https://acousticguitar.com/thin-lear-performs-your-family-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place/feed/ 0 133259 https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-john-mccutcheon-demos-his-pete-seeger-12-string-and-performs-god-bless-the-grass/ https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-john-mccutcheon-demos-his-pete-seeger-12-string-and-performs-god-bless-the-grass/#respond Fri, 03 May 2019 15:31:04 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=111006 On a Friday afternoon this past January, guitarist/folksinger/storyteller/multi instrumentalist/author/Renaissance man John McCutcheon dropped by the AG studios to pass some time before a show that evening at Berkeley’s famed Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-john-mccutcheon-demos-his-pete-seeger-12-string-and-performs-god-bless-the-grass/feed/ 0 111006 https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-laurence-juber/ https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-laurence-juber/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:04:33 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=109923 Fingerstyle guitar innovator, composer, and musicologist Laurence Juber stopped by the Acoustic Guitar studios in Richmond, California, late last year to perform selections from his latest project, Touchstones—The Evolution of Fingerstyle Guitar. The two-time Grammy winner may be familiar to many ears as the guitarist in Paul McCartney and Wings from 1978 to the band’s […]]]> https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-laurence-juber/feed/ 0 109923 https://acousticguitar.com/tommy-emmanuel-and-john-knowles-debut-video-for-walkin-my-baby-back-home-watch-it-here/ https://acousticguitar.com/tommy-emmanuel-and-john-knowles-debut-video-for-walkin-my-baby-back-home-watch-it-here/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2018 18:04:58 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=109097 AG is pleased to premiere this brand-new video of Tommy Emmanuel and John Knowles trading sweet licks on “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home,” one of the tracks from their forthcoming collaboration, Heart Songs.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/tommy-emmanuel-and-john-knowles-debut-video-for-walkin-my-baby-back-home-watch-it-here/feed/ 0 109097 https://acousticguitar.com/premiere-watch-christie-lenees-new-video-for-call-my-heart-back-home/ https://acousticguitar.com/premiere-watch-christie-lenees-new-video-for-call-my-heart-back-home/#respond Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:00:43 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=108039 Acoustic Guitar is excited to share in the launch of the official video for “Call My Heart Back Home,” the latest single from fingerstyle stylist Christie Lenée. Lenée, whose unique percussive style and impressive chops helped her secure the title of 2017 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, is one of the rare artists who can thrive […]]]> https://acousticguitar.com/premiere-watch-christie-lenees-new-video-for-call-my-heart-back-home/feed/ 0 108039 https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-session-presents-christie-lenee/ https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-session-presents-christie-lenee/#respond Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:15:30 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=106828 Playing her cherished Maton EBG808 tuned to D, A, D, F#, A, D and run through a handful of delay, harmony, and percussion effects—and donning a foot tambourine—Lenée demonstrated her award-winning dynamic hybrid fingerstyle/slapping/overhand tapping technique on the songs “Breath of Spring” and “Song for Michael Pukac,” the latter inspired by a painting by the Los Angeles artist of the same name.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-session-presents-christie-lenee/feed/ 0 106828 https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-duck-baker/ https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-duck-baker/#respond Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:49:26 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=106476 American fingerstyle legend (and San Francisco Giants fan) Duck Baker stopped by the Acoustic Guitar studios recently to play and discuss a couple of songs off his latest releases.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-duck-baker/feed/ 0 106476 https://acousticguitar.com/watch-chris-smither-performs-three-songs-from-call-me-lucky-in-this-acoustic-guitar-session/ https://acousticguitar.com/watch-chris-smither-performs-three-songs-from-call-me-lucky-in-this-acoustic-guitar-session/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2018 20:06:08 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=106438 Earlier this spring, American acoustic folk-blues treasure Chris Smither stopped by the AG studios to play a couple of songs off Call Me Lucky, his first release of all-new studio material since 2012’s Hundred Dollar Valentine.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/watch-chris-smither-performs-three-songs-from-call-me-lucky-in-this-acoustic-guitar-session/feed/ 0 106438 https://acousticguitar.com/must-hear-acoustic-guitar-recordings-of-the-21st-century-what-are-your-favorites/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:21:03 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=105528 The Acoustic Guitar team is planning a special feature for the May 2018 issue called “25 Must-Hear Acoustic Guitar Recordings of the 21st Century,” and we want to know what you think. Please take a moment to respond to this survey about your favorite acoustic-guitar related albums of the past 17 years so we can share […]]]> 105528 https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-the-guitars-of-the-chris-robinson-brotherhood/ https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-the-guitars-of-the-chris-robinson-brotherhood/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:44:21 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=104032 After a recent performance in the AG studio, Chris Robinson Brotherhood guitarists Chris Robinson and Neal Casal shared quick histories of the instruments they used on the band’s latest release, Barefoot in the Head.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk-the-guitars-of-the-chris-robinson-brotherhood/feed/ 0 104032