Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. Joey has worked in every department at Acoustic Guitar in the past 10+ years: front desk, ad sales, editorial, sound guy, camera man, booth babe, email coder, podcast editor, photographer, book designer…
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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.
You can feel a sense of exploration in Pedigo’s playing but there's also a discernible reverence for avant-garde acoustic sounds reminiscent of John Fahey and Leo Kottke.
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.
Filmed in Nashville, this Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place video features Tommy Emmanuel performing & teaching how to play “Halfway Home” from The Best of Tommysongs.
For this Acoustic Guitar Session in Place fuzzy Australian rocker Hamish Anderson performs a very stripped down version of his new single, “Morning Light” on his Clapton signature 000-28M.
Folk singer-songwriter and guitarist Abigail Dowd performs an enchanting fingerstyle instrumental song "St Vrain" in our latest Acoustic Guitar Sessions series.
For this AG Sessions in Place Jontavious Willis performs a country blues interpretation of “Midnight Hour Blues, (Wee Midnight Hours)” by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell.
Over the last 10 years the writers at Acoustic Guitar have called Andy McKee a “sensation,” a “brilliant sonic storyteller,” and “one of the foremost fingerstyle guitarists in the world.” The accolades still ring true in this AG Session in…
Mimi Fox is uniquely positioned to wow you with her playing, and then pull the curtain back and show you how she did it. And her jazz guitar chops and her teaching pedigree (Berklee College of Music, Yale, the California…
For this AG Sessions in Place Jerry Douglas performs "Foggy Mountain Rock," a rocking bluegrass tune made famous by Josh Graves with Flatt and Scruggs.
Alone with his Gibson Songwriter 12-string (tuned down a whole step, to D G C F A D), Miller brings a beautiful shimmer to the driving rhythm of the song.
For this AG Sessions in Place, filmed in Bristol, England, Dawes chose to showcase his original composition “Somewhere Home,” as “it makes a wonderful little lesson and introduction to DADGAD tuning.”
In this recently released video (originally filmed in 2006 during the recording of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions), the song reaches new heights with Springsteen’s signature anthemic, yet acoustic, sound.
Throughout his career Bob Dylan has played a lot of acoustic guitars, mostly Gibsons and Martins, with some exceptions. Here, we take a close look at the guitars of Bob Dylan.
Get to know the man behind the curtain at Taylor Guitars, Andy Powers, a thoughtful and curious lover of music. While showcasing a trio of instruments he built, Andy shares some of his history as a luthier, and reminds us that while the tools, processes, and materials are important, at the end of the day "it's about the guitar and how much fun you have playing the guitar."
