https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:01:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-robbie-robertson/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-robbie-robertson/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:01:37 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=141606 Robertson passed away August 9, 2023. Republished here is the cover story for our September 2011 issue, in which the legendary guitarist opened up about the Band, collaborating with Eric Clapton, and his collection of vintage Martins.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-robbie-robertson/feed/ 0 141606 https://acousticguitar.com/new-box-set-the-village-out-west-reveals-vital-lost-60s-folk-from-california/ https://acousticguitar.com/new-box-set-the-village-out-west-reveals-vital-lost-60s-folk-from-california/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:37:19 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=126949 "The Village Out West" includes 51 tracks of stunning '60s recordings of bluegrass, gospel, folk, Delta blues, Celtic ballads, Woody Guthrie tunes & more.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/new-box-set-the-village-out-west-reveals-vital-lost-60s-folk-from-california/feed/ 0 126949 https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-mark-oconnor-acoustic-guitar-record-markology-ii/ https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-mark-oconnor-acoustic-guitar-record-markology-ii/#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:58:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=123591 After four decades mostly playing violin, Mark O'Connor returns triumphantly to acoustic guitar on flashy and eclectic solo set 'Markology II']]> https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-mark-oconnor-acoustic-guitar-record-markology-ii/feed/ 0 123591 https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-cindy-cashdollars-star-studded-waltz-for-abilene/ https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-cindy-cashdollars-star-studded-waltz-for-abilene/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:09:54 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=119882 On only the second album under her own name, Cindy Cashdollar draws from her collection of steel, lap steel, tricone, resophonic, and Weissenborn guitars.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-cindy-cashdollars-star-studded-waltz-for-abilene/feed/ 0 119882 https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-neil-youngs-1970s-homegrown-spills-from-the-vault/ https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-neil-youngs-1970s-homegrown-spills-from-the-vault/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:07:37 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=119868 The 13th release from the Neil Young Archives since 2006, Homegrown is one of Young’s famously “lost” albums, recorded in 1974–1975. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-neil-youngs-1970s-homegrown-spills-from-the-vault/feed/ 0 119868 https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-mary-flower-brings-jaw-dropping-technique-to-vernacular-styles/ https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-mary-flower-brings-jaw-dropping-technique-to-vernacular-styles/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:27:34 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=112701 If Livin’ with the Blues Again had been released in 1969 instead of 2019, Mary Flower might have been mentioned in the same breath as Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker, and other fingerstyle players of approximately her generation.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-mary-flower-brings-jaw-dropping-technique-to-vernacular-styles/feed/ 0 112701 https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-peruvian-flavors-dominate-on-ciro-hurtados-altiplano/ https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-peruvian-flavors-dominate-on-ciro-hurtados-altiplano/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:12:44 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=112713 Altiplano takes a relatively minimalist approach to revisiting and reinventing the Andean music of his homeland]]> https://acousticguitar.com/album-review-peruvian-flavors-dominate-on-ciro-hurtados-altiplano/feed/ 0 112713 https://acousticguitar.com/review-john-oates-digs-deep-into-country-blues-on-arkansas/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-john-oates-digs-deep-into-country-blues-on-arkansas/#respond Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:34:09 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=106169 With Arkansas, John Oates—yes, that John Oates, of the ’70s and ’80s hitmakers Hall & Oates—delivers what will likely endure as the most surprising roots-music release of 2018.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-john-oates-digs-deep-into-country-blues-on-arkansas/feed/ 0 106169 https://acousticguitar.com/album-spotlight-todd-albrights-12-string-motor-city-blues-thing/ https://acousticguitar.com/album-spotlight-todd-albrights-12-string-motor-city-blues-thing/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:00:14 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=102738 The character and emotional vibe of the performance are delicious]]> https://acousticguitar.com/album-spotlight-todd-albrights-12-string-motor-city-blues-thing/feed/ 0 102738 https://acousticguitar.com/jug-band-cohorts-jim-kweskin-geoff-muldaur-reunite-on-a-collection-of-american-roots-classics/ https://acousticguitar.com/jug-band-cohorts-jim-kweskin-geoff-muldaur-reunite-on-a-collection-of-american-roots-classics/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:51:21 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=98368 It’s been nearly 55 years since two of the folk revival’s best guitarists, Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur, first played together. Now they've reunited on Penny's Farm, a collection of American roots classics.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/jug-band-cohorts-jim-kweskin-geoff-muldaur-reunite-on-a-collection-of-american-roots-classics/feed/ 0 98368 https://acousticguitar.com/portrait-of-an-artist-guy-clark-on-write-your-own-story-whatever-it-is/ https://acousticguitar.com/portrait-of-an-artist-guy-clark-on-write-your-own-story-whatever-it-is/#respond Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:34:43 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=52302 Like most of the albums he has made over the course of a 38-year recording career, Guy Clark’s latest, My Favorite Picture of You, is a compact collection of exquisitely crafted vignettes, portraits, and narratives, each etched with just the right amount of colorful detail and tapping a deep well of authentic emotion. 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