The San Francisco Bay Area duo the Easy Leaves—Sage Fifield, playing a 1965 Gibson ADJ-45 and singing lead and harmony, and Kevin Carducci, playing an old German-made upright bass and singing lead and harmony—share songwriting duties and a love for the outlaw California-country tradition echoed in the music of Merle…

Sporting tight three-part harmonies and driven by a trio of acoustic guitars, including an Epiphone Masterbilt Century archtop and a pair of Gibson J-45s, the Wild Feathers stopped by the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform “Help Me Out,” “Sleepers,” and “Lonely Is the Lifetime,” an ode to Gram Parsons…

In this Acoustic Guitar Sessions video, Sean Watkins discusses his 2016 album What to Fear (Thirty Tigers), his fifth solo album, and performs two songs from the album, “Where You Were Living” and “What to Fear,” as well as the bitter break-up song “Somebody More Like You,” from the Nickel…

The songs of Jeffrey Foucault display an earnest, though often tender, Midwestern sensibility. During the past 15 years, this Whitewater, Wisconsin, country-folk troubadour has recorded a handful of critically acclaimed albums spotlighting his carefully crafted original songs. NPR once praised him for possessing the ability to “find beauty in small…

Acoustic-guitar duo Dawn & Hawkes recently stopped by the AG offices in advance of their upcoming SXSW shows. Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes met five years ago in an Austin bar (he asked her to dance) and quickly realized their romantic chemistry inspired them creatively. Watch them perform “Love Your Forever,” “Almost Mine,” and “Silver Line,” all…

“This new album is the culmination of what the band can do together, but I’ve got to say, it is and it isn’t, because it was recorded two years ago now,” says singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader Lukas Nelson, when asked about the new Promise of the Real album, Something…

While on tour for her new album Reckless Skyline, singer-songwriter Caitlin Canty stopped byAcoustic Guitar to play three songs on her 1930s Recording King guitar and talk about her recent move to Nashville. Watch Canty, joined by pedal steel and regular guitarist Eric Heywood (Ray LaMontagne’s Pariah Dogs, Tift Merritt, The Pretenders), perform “Get Up,” “I Never,” and “Southern Man.”…

Kathy Kallick and friends drop by for an intimate performance and interview. A veteran of the Northern California bluegrass scene, Kathy Kallick is a powerful singer and songwriter whose rootsy, well-crafted music is full of deep passion. Kallick recently visited the AG studios (along with mandolin player Tom Bekeny and Dobro…

Oakland’s T Sisters— Erika, Rachel, and Chloe Tietjen—have been singing and performing together since they were kids. They deliver the kind of seamlessly intertwined harmonies that only a family can muster. With influences ranging from the Indigo Girls to the Andrews Sisters, the T Sisters have been turning heads at festivals…