Album Review: Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles Deliver ‘Heart Songs’
Acoustic guitar aces Tommy Emmanuel and John Knowles have teamed up on "Heart Songs" to put fans in a mellow mood on this collection of 14 sentimental fingerstyle instrumentals.
Marley’s Ghost’s ‘Travelin’ Shoes’ Gives Praise to a Hallelujah Revival
The album summons a sound akin to a gospel revival through precise picking, acapella embellishments, and soothing songs of praise
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Album Review: Joe Robinson’s ‘Undertones’ is Dense with Brilliant Moments
The original songs on Undertones are pleasant enough, but Robinson’s guitar playing is what really does the talking, to borrow his phrase
Mimi Fox’s ‘This Bird Still Flies’ is a Quietly Adventurous Acoustic Outing
The seasoned jazz guitarist largely foregoes flash here for stunning lyrical solos that often exude a sense of quietude
Album Review: Hayes Carll ‘What It Is’
With Hayes Carll's dust-dry Texas delivery, this album knows how to rock when it needs to rock, dance when it needs to dance, and lean in close when he needs to promise.
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Fingerstylist Mark Vickness’ Solo Debut ‘Places’ is Varied and Virtuosic
A varied and virtuosic “photo album” of remote, gritty, and mystical locales
Scott Tennant’s ‘The Segovia Sessions’ Highlights the Maestro as a Composer
This album,by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet co-founder Scott Tennant presents 36 of Segovia’s works
Playlist Album Review: Steve James, ‘Blues and Folk Songs, Vol. 1’
An engaging primer on solo acoustic blues, featuring a collection of blues, rags, and ballads.
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New Sounds: Watch Rodrigo y Gabriela Play the Title Track from Their New Album, ‘Mettavolution’
It's a been a while since we've heard new music from the powerhouse nylon-string-guitar-wielding duo of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero, better known, of course, as Rodrigo y Gabriela.
The Honey Dewdrops’ ‘Anyone Can See’ Mixes Folk Activism with Downhome Charm
The Honey Dewdrops show that you can be downhome and in the thick of it at the same time, as long as you’re flexible and go with the flow.
‘Rhythm Future Quartet and Friends’ Is More Than Just Gypsy Jazz
This album brings finesse and frivolity in equal measure
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‘The Social Power of Music’ Box Set Celebrates Songs of Justice, Reverence, Celebration, and More
This Smithsonian Folkways production is a benchmark for folk compilations to come
Laurence Juber Traces the Evolution of Fingerstyle Over Five Centuries on ‘Touchstones’
This collection of 20 tracks was dubbed an exercise in “guitar-ology” by its creator
Tommy Emmanuel and John Knowles Debut Video for “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home.” Watch it here!
AG is pleased to premiere this brand-new video of Tommy Emmanuel and John Knowles trading sweet licks on “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home,” one of the tracks from their forthcoming collaboration, Heart Songs.
Album Review: Clay Parker and Jodi James Forge a Haunting and Beautiful Sound
The Louisiana-based duo of Clay Parker and Jodi James plucked the name of their first full-length album—The Lonesomest Sound That Can Sound—from a line in a semi-obscure Woody Guthrie tune called “When the Curfew Blows”
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Album Reviews: Revealing Solo Guitar Outings from Duck Baker and Nathan Salsburg
Two albums reviewed, Duck Baker's Demos & Outtakes, and Nathan Salsburg's Third
Album Review: Cecilia Zabala’s ‘The Color of Silence’ Is a Sensuous and Mysterious Excursion
Playing acoustic, seven-string Spanish, and requinto guitars, Cecilia Zabala weaves a tapestry of tango rhythms, jazz progressions, and Argentine folk melodies on The Color of Silence.
Glenn Jones’ ‘The Giant Who Ate Himself’ Takes Off from Fahey and Others with Genre-spanning Set
If you ever have to explain the “American primitive” guitar style to someone, just pop Glenn Jones’ The Giant Who Ate Himself into the CD player.
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CD Review: Tim Easton’s ‘Paco & the Melodic Polaroids’
The “Paco” in the title of Tim Easton’s latest folk-blues album is the nickname that was bestowed long ago on his trusty, travel-worn, black Gibson J-45, his constant companion over many years of traveling the globe—busking, playing clubs and any place that would have him, scraping by, while building a…
Review: Stephane Wrembel’s ‘The Django Experiment III’
It’s not that Gypsy jazz is amenable to experimentation, Stephane Wrembel seems to be saying. Gypsy jazz is experimentation.
Review: “Primitive Guitar & Banjo” Collection is a Trip Back in Time
This stuff is rough and ragged in places, much of it clearly improvised, and sonically not what modern audiences perhaps expect/demand. But it’s undeniably heartfelt and soulful in a deep and occasionally even spiritual way.
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45 Acoustic Guitar Albums From the 2000s You Should Hear
We asked our writers and our readers to give us lists of their favorite acoustic-guitar-dominated recordings that came out between 2000 and 2017.
Review: John Oates Digs Deep into Country Blues on ‘Arkansas’
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.
Tommy Emmanuel and Friends Shine on ‘Accomplice One’
Star duets bring out guitar slinger’s best
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‘Before the Dead’: New box set sheds light on Jerry Garcia’s roots in folk music
Several hours of Garcia’s early folk forays have been brought together in a spectacular new box set called Before the Dead
