Resonant Acoustic Poetry with The Singer and The Songwriter | Acoustic Guitar Sessions
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.
Devon Gilfillian’s Soulful Searching | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place
Devon Gilfillian performs unplugged versions of two songs from the new record: “All I Really Wanna Do” and the title track, “Love You Anyway”.
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Badi Assad’s Musical Magic | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place
Badi Assad is an enchanting performer, to say the least. Assad's technical mastery allows her to fully explore the guitar’s sonic range, and her vocals, especially here on “Zoar,” are transcendent.
Sarah McQuaid Performs ‘Autumn Leaves’ for Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place
For this Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place Sarah McQuaid performs a DADGAD arrangement of "Autumn Leaves" in the historic St. Buryan Church, in Cornwall, England.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Jonathan Butler
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Jonathan Butler performs music often classified as R&B, jazz fusion, or worship.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Carrie Rodriguez
Watch Rodriguez perform two songs off Lola, "Llano Estacado" and "La Última Vez," accompanied by guitarist Luke Jacobs.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents La Santa Cecilia
On the West Coast leg of a national tour, La Santa Cecilia visited the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform three songs.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Sean Rowe
Hailing from upstate New York, Sean Rowe has emerged in the last several years as a compelling singer, songwriter and interpreter of others’ songs.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Holly Miranda
The gifted singer-songwriter Holly Miranda stopped by with her Gibson L-200 Emmylou Harris model to sing two songs and chat about music.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Nahko
Reminiscent of socially conscious artists such as Michael Franti, Ben Harper, and Bob Marley, Nahko’s music definitely has a message. After spending time in the non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii, Nahko had a musical epiphany on his return to the mainland.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents José James
When singer José James released his fourth album, No Beginning, No End, in 2013, there was something different in his signature eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and rock—a new influence. Acoustic guitars. “I had started working with Emily King, who’s a singer-songwriter in New York City,” James says. “She wrote the songs…
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Seth Avett
In this session, Avett plays his Martin D-35 Seth Avett Signature Edition for a stirring version of his song “Souls Like the Wheels,” the only live track on the Avetts' new album, and chats with Kemp about performing on the streets of Charlotte, writing songs, using open tunings, and growing up on stage.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Raul Midon
Midón stopped by the Acoustic Guitar studios last week to talk about guitars and play a few tunes from the new album, including the scorching acoustic-soul song “Was It Ever Really Love?,” featured in this installment of Acoustic Guitar Sessions.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Meklit
In the San Francisco Bay Area, singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero is a big deal, a sort of renaissance woman who not only has her hands in various strains of music—acoustic folk, jazz, rock, hip-hop, and rhythms from around the world—but also in a variety of other creative projects combining the arts with social justice.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Badi Assad
Brazilian guitarist and singer Badi Assad discusses her musical upbringing and her shift from classical to experimental playing, her use of Frame Works guitars for touring, and plays an original song from her latest album, Between Love and Luck.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Valerie June
We caught up with June in the upstairs poster room at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. She talked about her Carter Family and Mississippi John Hurt influences; being nurtured early on by the great Norman and Nancy Blake; and falling in love with her little Triple-O Martin.