https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:53:31 +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/hiroya-tsukamotos-orchestral-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-session/ https://acousticguitar.com/hiroya-tsukamotos-orchestral-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-session/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146733 Tsukamoto’s expansive and exploratory approach to music is on full display in this three-song session.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/hiroya-tsukamotos-orchestral-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-session/feed/ 5 146733 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/ https://acousticguitar.com/jerron-paxton-tray-wellington-and-yasmin-williams-reflect-on-black-country-music/#respond Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146422 Multi-instrumentalist and historian Dom Flemons hosts a roundtable discussion with three talented artists who represent different aspects of American roots music.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/jerron-paxton-tray-wellington-and-yasmin-williams-reflect-on-black-country-music/feed/ 0 146422 https://acousticguitar.com/the-year-in-gear-and-more-acoustic-highlights-of-2024/ https://acousticguitar.com/the-year-in-gear-and-more-acoustic-highlights-of-2024/#respond Sun, 15 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146331 We look back at some of the year’s most exciting guitars, accessories, and amplifiers, as well as albums that captured the diverse voices of acoustic guitar music. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/the-year-in-gear-and-more-acoustic-highlights-of-2024/feed/ 0 146331 https://acousticguitar.com/review-sharon-isbin-and-amjad-ali-khan-live-in-aspen/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-sharon-isbin-and-amjad-ali-khan-live-in-aspen/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146196 East meets West in this fascinating collaboration of classical guitar and sarod, captured live at the Aspen Music Festival.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-sharon-isbin-and-amjad-ali-khan-live-in-aspen/feed/ 0 146196 https://acousticguitar.com/how-russian-born-virtuoso-grisha-goryachev-became-a-flamenco-guitar-master/ https://acousticguitar.com/how-russian-born-virtuoso-grisha-goryachev-became-a-flamenco-guitar-master/#respond Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146412 In a wide-ranging phone interview, Goryachev discusses his early training, interactions with Paco de Lucía, arrival in America, and approach to performing.]]> 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/review-robbie-bashos-lost-live-recordings-unearth-a-sonic-treasure-trove/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-robbie-bashos-lost-live-recordings-unearth-a-sonic-treasure-trove/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146544 The five-CD box set 'Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan' reveals the depth of Basho’s live genius, showcasing the American primitive pioneer’s eclectic influences and transcendent performances.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-robbie-bashos-lost-live-recordings-unearth-a-sonic-treasure-trove/feed/ 2 146544 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/hayden-pedigos-avant-folk-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-sessions/ https://acousticguitar.com/hayden-pedigos-avant-folk-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-sessions/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:29:18 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146424 Pedigo’s simple, yet inventive guitar style shines in this solo acoustic Session]]> https://acousticguitar.com/hayden-pedigos-avant-folk-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-sessions/feed/ 2 146424 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/review-stephane-wrembels-triptych-triology-is-his-finest-work-yet/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-stephane-wrembels-triptych-triology-is-his-finest-work-yet/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145705 The guitarist-composer has outdone himself with his latest project, a three-album release called ‘Triptych Phase I,’ ‘Phase II,’ and ‘Phase III.’ ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-stephane-wrembels-triptych-triology-is-his-finest-work-yet/feed/ 0 145705 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/clive-carroll-plays-john-renbourn-acoustic-guitar-sessions/ https://acousticguitar.com/clive-carroll-plays-john-renbourn-acoustic-guitar-sessions/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145909 For this AG Session Carroll performs two solo pieces, “The Hermit” and “The Pelican,” on a Ralph Bown guitar.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/clive-carroll-plays-john-renbourn-acoustic-guitar-sessions/feed/ 2 145909 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/review-all-my-friends-aoife-odonovan/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-all-my-friends-aoife-odonovan/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145157 'All My Friends' alternates between orchestral movements and quiet passages, blending folk/Americana and orchestral flavors for a potent mix.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-all-my-friends-aoife-odonovan/feed/ 0 145157 https://acousticguitar.com/independent-folk-with-ana-egge-acoustic-guitar-sessions/ https://acousticguitar.com/independent-folk-with-ana-egge-acoustic-guitar-sessions/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145583 In this AG Session, idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Ana Egge plays three original tunes and performs a cover of Steve James' rootsy song “Talco Girl.”]]> https://acousticguitar.com/independent-folk-with-ana-egge-acoustic-guitar-sessions/feed/ 1 145583 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/resonant-acoustic-poetry-with-the-singer-and-the-songwriter-acoustic-guitar-sessions/ https://acousticguitar.com/resonant-acoustic-poetry-with-the-singer-and-the-songwriter-acoustic-guitar-sessions/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:55:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145576 San Francisco Bay Area-based duo The Singer and the Songwriter stopped by the AG offices to talk about songwriting and perform some beautiful music.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/resonant-acoustic-poetry-with-the-singer-and-the-songwriter-acoustic-guitar-sessions/feed/ 0 145576 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/review-sue-foley-honors-women-of-the-blues-and-beyond-on-one-guitar-woman/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-sue-foley-honors-women-of-the-blues-and-beyond-on-one-guitar-woman/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145601 For her latest release, Foley has shifted gears and recorded a true solo album, with just her voice and a single, warm-sounding nylon-string acoustic.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-sue-foley-honors-women-of-the-blues-and-beyond-on-one-guitar-woman/feed/ 2 145601 https://acousticguitar.com/roots-legend-chris-smither-acoustic-guitar-sessions/ https://acousticguitar.com/roots-legend-chris-smither-acoustic-guitar-sessions/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145522 Watch Smither perform three new tunes, “All About the Bones,” “Still Believe in You,” and “Down in Thibodaux,” and enjoy a master at work.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/roots-legend-chris-smither-acoustic-guitar-sessions/feed/ 2 145522 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