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Fresh from its run at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, the new touring exhibit Paul Simon: Words & Music has opened at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles—making its only West Coast stop.…
Fresh from its run at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, the new touring exhibit Paul Simon: Words & Music has opened at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles — making its only West…
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by Melinda Newman Woody Guthrie famously placed a sign that read “This machine kills fascists” on his acoustic guitar in 1941, signaling that his instrument—combined with the collective strength of those who heard his music—wielded the power to topple corrupt…
From the March 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY WHITNEY PHANEUF, ANNA PULLEY, KAREN PETERSON & PAULINE FRANCE When the editors of Acoustic Guitar decided to carve out a special section on the topic of women, guitars, and success, I was hesitant. The sheer…
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Calling all Western Swing fans: Check out this video lesson, featuring Ranger Doug (Riders in the Sky, The Time Jumpers), from the Jazz Academy at Lincoln Center. Watch Ranger Doug explain where he gets his rhythm guitar aesthetic from, citing…
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Earls of Leicester took home the top prize—Entertainer of the Year—at the 27th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, held in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 29. It was the second consecutive Entertainer of the Year win for the bluegrass…
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L.A.-based guitarist Ben Woods calls his style Flametal — blending flamenco flavor with heavy metal — and it’s perfectly demonstrated in this clip from his recent Classical Guitar Session. Watch above as Woods performs a creative cover of the Foo…
With more than 12 million views, stop us if you’ve seen this clip before, but it’s well worth a repeat watch. The young and immensely talented Swedish-born fingerstyle guitarist Gabriella Quevedo tackles Tomi Paldanius’ arrangement of the Eagles’ “Hotel California,”…
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The wait is almost over: The comprehensive Everly Brothers’ BBC documentary, Harmonies From Heaven, will be released in the States on double-disc DVD/Blu-ray and digital formats on September 9. The film was broadcast on BBC4 in April. The doc focuses…
The Northwest String Summit kicks off today and runs July 14-17 in North Plains, Oregon with Yonder Mountain String Band performing all three nights. Above, watch the Colorado-based band at the 2015 festival playing “All The Time” — off its…
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By Bob Doerschuk Judging from what some critics said, one might have a better time stuck in an elevator than in a theater watching I Saw The Light, available now on Blu-ray/digital on demand. Various reviews describe the Hank Williams…
A member of the the Nick Drake Appreciation Society (yes, there is such a group and you can join it on Facebook) emailed us awhile back with a link to the above video, a version of the song “Hazey Jane 1” from Nick…
There are so-called supergroups and then there’s the ultimate supergroup, the Highwaymen: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. Kristofferson sums up their special dynamic pretty well: “Willie’s the outlaw coyote. Waylon’s the riverboat gambler. I’m the revolutionary…
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