Letter from the Managing Editor | Happy Camper
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Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens is the managing editor of Acoustic Guitar, Strings, and Ukulele magazines.
Behind the Scenes: Making a Guitar Book
Learn about the process of writing and developing instructional materials for guitarists.
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Singer-Songwriter Thin Lear Performs “Your Family” | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place
Long Island-based singer-songwriter Thin Lear plays the song “Your Family” from his 2020 pandemic release, Wooden Cave (EggHunt Records).
Guitar Talk: John McCutcheon Demos His Pete Seeger 12-String and Performs ‘God Bless the Grass’
On a Friday afternoon this past January, guitarist/folksinger/storyteller/multi instrumentalist/author/Renaissance man John McCutcheon dropped by the AG studios to pass some time before a show that evening at Berkeley’s famed Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse.
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents: Laurence Juber
Fingerstyle guitar innovator, composer, and musicologist Laurence Juber stopped by the Acoustic Guitar studios in Richmond, California, late last year to perform selections from his latest project, Touchstones—The Evolution of Fingerstyle Guitar. The two-time Grammy winner may be familiar to…
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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.
Premiere: Watch Christie Lenée’s New Video for “Call My Heart Back Home”
Acoustic Guitar is excited to share in the launch of the official video for “Call My Heart Back Home,” the latest single from fingerstyle stylist Christie Lenée. Lenée, whose unique percussive style and impressive chops helped her secure the title…
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents: Christie Lenée
Playing her cherished Maton EBG808 tuned to D, A, D, F#, A, D and run through a handful of delay, harmony, and percussion effects—and donning a foot tambourine—Lenée demonstrated her award-winning dynamic hybrid fingerstyle/slapping/overhand tapping technique on the songs “Breath of Spring” and “Song for Michael Pukac,” the latter inspired by a painting by the Los Angeles artist of the same name.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents: Duck Baker
American fingerstyle legend (and San Francisco Giants fan) Duck Baker stopped by the Acoustic Guitar studios recently to play and discuss a couple of songs off his latest releases.
Watch: Chris Smither Performs Three Songs from ‘Call Me Lucky’ in this Acoustic Guitar Session
Earlier this spring, American acoustic folk-blues treasure Chris Smither stopped by the AG studios to play a couple of songs off Call Me Lucky, his first release of all-new studio material since 2012’s Hundred Dollar Valentine.
Must-Hear Acoustic Guitar Recordings of the 21st Century – What Are Your Favorites?
The Acoustic Guitar team is planning a special feature for the May 2018 issue called “25 Must-Hear Acoustic Guitar Recordings of the 21st Century,” and we want to know what you think. Please take a moment to respond to this survey…
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Guitar Talk: The Guitars of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood
After a recent performance in the AG studio, Chris Robinson Brotherhood guitarists Chris Robinson and Neal Casal shared quick histories of the instruments they used on the band’s latest release, Barefoot in the Head.
