Every songwriter needs a nudge sometimes to keep writing.

The first job of playing acoustic guitar is to make those strings ring, with a clear and rich tone. The second is to make them stop.

Inspiration may be impossible to define or control or predict, but that doesn’t mean that we have to just sit around idly waiting for it.

Folk-rock troubadour Peter Mulvey shares the story behind his song “What Else Was It?”

How to add a bluesy edge to your chord progressions.

The skeleton key for countless songs in folk, country, rock, blues, and beyond.