Read a deep-dive interview/profile on my path as a musician, writer, and editor.

Video lesson on the guitar style of Nickel Creek’s Sean Watkins, with examples from their album Celebrants.

A visit to the studio of guitarist, producer, and Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman. Plus an invitation to guitarists to take the #AckermanTuningChallenge.

Remembering first guitars in the debut episode of the Acoustic Guitar Podcast.

How Megan and Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe traveled from bluegrass to blues rock and beyond.

How a new lap steel guitar sparked Ben Harper’s first instrumental album

Bruce Cockburn shares the guitar parts of some of his best-known songs, plus a solo performance of “If I Had a Rocket Launcher.”

Mark Erelli, Shawn Colvin, Anaïs Mitchell, Martin Sexton, and Anthony da Costa share their approaches to creating dynamic accompaniment parts.

A celebration of next-generation bluegrass, including a cross-picking lesson with Molly Tuttle.

Three guitar duos—Pharis and Jason Romero, Ryanhood, and Grant Gordy and Ross Martin—share their approaches to creating a full spectrum of sound and expression with two guitars.

Folk-rock songwriter Peter Mulvey shares his approach to guitar arranging and alternate tunings, by walking through the accompaniment parts of his song “The Knuckleball Suite.”

Gillian Welch guitarist David Rawlings offers a close-up look, and an exclusive video, on his singular rhythm and lead style.

Joni Mitchell reflects on her instrumental influences and state of mind during the writing of the album Blue.

Brandi Carlile on being a “tortured songwriter.”