Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Obsidian Son
Obsidian Son visited the Acoustic Guitar Sessions studio to perform two of his blue-collar ballads: "Small Town Graffitti" and "Genevieve."
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins plays two songs off the album, "Like New Year's Day" and "Move Me."
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Robbie Fulks
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."
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Doyle Bramhall II
The blues-rock, singer-songwriter covers Bill Withers' "Better Off Dead" and performs his new song "New Faith"
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents We Are Scientists
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.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents LA Folk Rockers Dawes
When Dawes came in to perform for Acoustic Guitar Sessions recently, they did stripped-down versions of three songs—"Roll with the Punches," "We're All Gonna Die," and "When the Tequila Runs Out," from their least stripped-down album yet: the bold new We're All Gonna Die
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Michael Fracasso
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."
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents: The Mike Eldred Trio
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’
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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 James McMurtry
Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist James McMurtry arrived at the AG studio recently, surly and travel-weary, with a new haircut, an old fishing cap, an Ovation 12-string guitar, and a deep well of stories to tell in song.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Eric Skye & Mark Goldenberg
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."
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Jamie Stillway
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, using a battery of alternate tunings, marked by graceful melodies…
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Sean Watkins [VIDEO]
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…
Finnish Airline Breaks Olli Soikkeli’s Prized Guitar; Watch Him Play It In This ‘AG Session’
Finnish guitarist Olli Soikkeli, who performs the blistering lead guitar parts in this recent Acoustic Guitar Session featuring the Rhythm Future Quartet, met with guitar tragedy last weekend in Europe.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Jeffrey Foucault
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…
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Acoustic Guitars Sessions Presents Kaki King
In this video interview, King discusses her work and performs three songs from her multi-media show ‘The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body”
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Alejandro Escovedo
On this intimate Acoustic Guitar Sessions performance, Alejandro Escovedo recounts his past in three songs from throughout his career: "Five Hearts Breaking," one of the first songs he ever wrote; "Chelsea Hotel 78," about being at the New York landmark the night Sid Vicious killed girlfriend Nancy Spungen; and "Bottom of the World," an homage to his adopted hometown Austin, Texas.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Greg Brown
Acoustic Guitar Sessions filmed Brown shortly before a show at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, California. He performed three songs—"Bones Bones," "Laughing River," and the haunting "Besham's Bokerie"—and shared a story about each song.
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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 Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley are A-list Nashville pickers. Individually or together, these talented players have contributed to sessions by Merle Haggard, Earl Scruggs, and Toby Keith, among others; organized the annual Nashville-based Resosummit; and picked up a 2016 Best Bluegrass Album Grammy nomination for their widely acclaimed album Before…
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents the Cactus Blossoms
The Cactus Blossoms—siblings Jack Torrey and Page Burkum—possess sweet vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Everly Brothers.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito first arrived on our radar in 2015 when he won NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest with his song "Lost in a Crowd," beating out nearly 7000 other submissions with his fresh approach to roots music.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Cindy Lee Berryhill and Renata Bratt
With Berryhill on acoustic guitar and Bratt on cello, they played “Horsepower” and “An Affair of the Heart," as well as "Somebody's Angel."
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Nathan & Jessie
The singer-songwriter duo of Nathan & Jessie craft catchy tunes often played in a Gypsy-jazz or Parisian cafe style.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents the Wainwright Sisters
The duo performed a trio of songs from the new album: "Hobo's Lullaby," a ballad made famous by Woody Guthrie: "El Condor Pasa," by Simon and Garfunkel; and "Lullaby," by their father, Loudon Wainwright III.