The holiday season has inspired thousands of artists, from Will Ackerman and Elvis to John Prine and Emmylou Harris, to record their seasonal favorites, novelty songs, and everything in between (have you heard the Christmas Jug Band’s “Daddy’s Drinking Up…
Following the 2016 release of Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad (Cooking Vinyl), Billy Bragg and Joe Henry stopped by the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform the old-timey classic "In the Pines" and John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind."
Hot on the heels of their joint album Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad folk stars Billy Bragg and Joe Henry stopped by the Acoustic Guitar magazine office to shoot an AG Sessions episode and to offer tips on getting a fat acoustic guitar tone.
The real pleasure of Ovation's 50th Anniversary Limited-Edition Elite is its sound. The guitar is equipped with the company’s proprietary OP Pro Studio preamp and OCP1 high-output pickup.
By Greg Cahill Talk about topical folk music. “Indian Givers,” the debut single from Neil Young’s upcoming mostly-acoustic CD, lends moral support to the battle at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, where Native Americans, veterans, and other…
Campbell and Williams visited the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform "You're Running Wild," "Did You Love Me at All," and "Samson and Delilah."
Michaela Anne's songs are filled with thoughtful, probing, literate subjects. Give a listen. She stopped by the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio, with guitarist Daniel Knobler, to perform three other songs from that a: "Living Without You," "Stars," and "Won't Go Down."
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,”…
With a Collings D2H in hand, and on the heels of his latest CD, Upland Stories, singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks visited the Acoustic Guitar studio to perform three meditations on life: "Alabama at Night," "Katy Kay," and "Sarah Jane."
By Greg Cahill The Del McCoury Band today released the digital track “I Fell in Love,” originally co-written and recorded by Carlene Carter (daughter of June Carter Cash and Carl Smith) in 1990. The new version offers a more stripped-down…
With a Fender Paramount acoustic guitar and Fender acoustic bass in tow, the Berkeley, California, based pop-electronica trio We Are Scientists went unplugged for this Acoustic Guitar Sessions video.
At first glance, the Michael Kelly Forte Port might seem like nothing special. After all, it has laminated sapele back and sides, a two-piece mahogany neck, a nylon nut, black ply binding, and a sticker price of just $299.
“There are at least hundreds, maybe thousands of jug bands out there. It’s amazing. I see them everywhere I go and hear some really good ones,” says guitarist and bandleader Jim Kweskin. “In every town, every village, every city, someone’s…
With a 1960s-vintage Harmony Sovereign Deluxe Jumbo in hand, Michael Fracasso stopped by the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform three songs: "Here Come the Savages," "Gypsy Moth," and "Red, White, and Blue."
Eldred (with bassist John Bazz and drummer Brian Fahey) talks about the Delta, its people and its music while performing three songs from ‘Baptist Town’
On the heels of their recent duo album Artifact, Acoustic Guitar magazine invited Skye and Goldenberg to record an Acoustic Guitar Session. The acoustic guitarists offered up stunning improvisational performances built around two original instrumentals: Skye's "Golden" and Goldenberg's "Song 13."
Mixing up genres without pretension,” Jazz Times opined of Portland, Oregon, fingerstylist and composer Jamie Stillway, “the nimble Stillway moves freely with wit and creative restlessness.” Since moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2002, Stillway has recorded three self-produced albums,…
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…
The Easy Leaves—guitarist and vocalist Sage Fifield and bassist and vocalist Kevin Carducci—are returning to the Pickathon music fest in Portland, Oregon, on August 4 and 5. The Northern California honky-tonk duo recently released their third album, the five-song EP…
