Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents William Fitzsimmons
The singer-songwriter shares a couple of original songs and talks about his approach to songwriting, his fascination with fingerpicking and alternate tunings.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza Gilkyson visited Acoustic Guitar headquarters, her 1951 Gibson CF-100e in tow, to deliver a wonderful three-song set.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur delivers stirring covers of a pair of tunes from the album, "Coney Island Baby" and "Sword of Damocles," in addition to a couple of top-notch originals.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Preston Reed
Preston Reed's integrated percussive guitar playing is on full display in these two songs.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Della Mae
Boston's Della Mae was formed in 2009, when fiddle champion Kimber Ludiker was determined to start an all-female bluegrass band.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Doug Paisley
With a style that mixes elements of '70s folk with bluegrass flatpicking, the Canadian musician calls to mind legends like Norman Blake and Tony Rice
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Julian Lage
Julian Lage talks thoughtfully about developing his own guitar voice, his impressive genre-hopping, and how he's able to maintain a "delicate touch" on his instrument.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents First Aid Kit
Johanna and Klara Söderberg, the Swedish sisters known as First Aid Kit, have gone from Internet sensation to international acclaim in just a few short years. By mixing elements of country and folk with an indie-rock sensibility, First Aid Kit has won legions of fans who are captivated by their gorgeous…
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Sugarcane Jane
The Alabama duo perform three songs: “San Andreas Fault Line” (from the album), “My New Guitar,” and “Never Do You Know.”
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Bruce Cockburn
In this special half-hour edition of Acoustic Guitar Sessions, senior editor Marc Greilsamer talks at length with Cockburn about his love of acoustic guitars and the singer-songwriter performs three tunes: the instrumental “Bohemian 3-Step,” “Waiting for a Miracle” and his most famous song, the politically fierce “If I Had a Rocket Launcher.”
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Birds of Chicago
While on tour promoting their forthcoming album, Real Midnight, Birds of Chicago stopped by Acoustic Guitar to perform three songs, talk about how they evolved from a duo to a collective, and reveal their songwriting process.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents the Wood Brothers
For almost 20 years, Oliver and Chris Wood nurtured separate musical careers: Oliver with his band King Johnson and as a Tinsley Ellis sideman, Chris with experimental jazz group Medeski Martin and Wood.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Paul Mehling
Leader of the Hot Club of San Francisco and godfather of American gypsy jazz, guitarist Paul Mehling plays Django Reinhardt in this edition of Acoustic Guitar Sessions.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents T Sisters
Oakland’s T Sisters— Erika, Rachel, and Chloe Tietjen—have been singing and performing together since they were kids. They deliver the kind of seamlessly intertwined harmonies that only a family can muster. With influences ranging from the Indigo Girls to the Andrews Sisters, the T Sisters have been turning heads at festivals…
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents: David Ryan Harris
The singer-songwriter performs “So Is Mine”—from his album ‘Lightyears’
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Toulouse Engelhardt
Known by many as the “Segovia of Surf,” Toulouse Engelhardt is a master of fingerstyle guitar.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Trigger Hippy
Trigger Hippy is a jam-band supergroup of sorts, with original and current members hailing from bands ranging from the Black Crowes and Widespread Panic to the granddaddies of jam, the Dead.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Grace Askew
Grace Askew plays a couple country tunes.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents The Defibulators
Sure, the Defibulators spell their name wrong and look like art-damaged hipsters, but who cares? The Brooklyn combo's rugged string-band music is so charged-up, it'll get your heart beating again no matter how they spell the cardiac device they named themselves for.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents José James
When singer José James released his fourth album, No Beginning, No End, in 2013, there was something different in his signature eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and rock—a new influence. Acoustic guitars. “I had started working with Emily King, who’s a singer-songwriter in New York City,” James says. “She wrote the songs…
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Pieta Brown
Brown talked about her childhood, her family, her guitars, and performed “No Not Me” and "Street Tracker"
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Buzz Osborne
Buzz Osborne, the wild-haired front man of the Melvins, has gone acoustic on his latest album, This Machine Kills Artists. Buzz stopped by the AG studios recently for our latest installment of Acoustic Guitar Sessions to discuss his self-described “ham-fisted” playing technique, and showcase a couple of songs from the new album.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Ed Sheeran
Pop super star Ed Sheeran performs a solo-acoustic version of "Thinking Out Loud" for Acoustic Guitar Sessions.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Seth Avett
In this session, Avett plays his Martin D-35 Seth Avett Signature Edition for a stirring version of his song “Souls Like the Wheels,” the only live track on the Avetts' new album, and chats with Kemp about performing on the streets of Charlotte, writing songs, using open tunings, and growing up on stage.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents the Barr Brothers
Brad Barr reveals a little playing trick and the band performs “Cloud” and the African-inspired “Half Crazy.”
