An excerpt from an interview with Jason Isbell for the May/June 2025 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

Introducing “Don’t Let AI Write Your Stinking Song”: a co-writing experiment with ChatGPT.

Dylan traces songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Boots of Spanish Leather” back to the folk songs that inspired them. An annotated excerpt from his 2015 MusiCares speech, with an accompanying playlist.

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.

Video lesson with examples based on songs by Neil Young, James Taylor, Janis Ian, Dave Matthews, and more

A songwriter’s guide to arranging and performing other people’s songs

Tips and exercises to help you get out of ruts and discover new territory on the guitar

Why you sometimes need to shut down the music to hear the music.

The Silent Nights Guitar Collection album/songbook expands with new arrangements of “What Child Is This?,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” and “Jingle Bells.”

A new video of “Friend of the Devil” by Dead to the Core, plus introductions to the musicians: Jefferson Hamer, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Laurence Scudder, and Wendy Ramsay.

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.

An in-depth video lesson on the distinctive fingerstyle guitar of JT, with examples to play based on some of his best-loved songs.

A conversation with legendary U.K. songwriter Joan Armatrading, and a video lesson teaching guitar grooves and riffs from some of her best songs.

A new book/video teaches the guitar styles of 14 legendary singer-songwriters, including Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Paul Simon, and Bill Withers.

Tricks and tools for figuring out guitar parts from your favorite recordings.

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

Roots music performer and teacher Happy Traum looks back at his 50-plus-year career, and shares how to play some of his signature songs.

The Zoom H2n Handy Recorder can be used as a USB mic for online meetings, live streams, or recording. Here’s how.