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Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 1

How to choose a blues box and strings.

Boulevard of Broken-In Dreams

Billy Rowe’s Rock N Roll Relics look, play and sound like much-loved and well-traveled treasures.

Broad Strokes

Robben Ford goes bold with Pure, the new instrumental outing he calls “the most complete expression of a musical life.”

FAME – Live Forever

With a history that includes the Allman Brothers, Aretha Franklin and Jason Isbell, FAME Studios makes plans for a bright and very long future.

Dawner Prince – Pulse

Editor's Pick

David Crosby – Wooden Ships

As he sets off on new acoustic adventures with For Free, David Crosby delivers insights into the guitars and tunings of his classic period.

Brother To Brother

From Duane’s earliest sessions to Gregg’s last, FAME remains hallowed ground for Allman Brothers history.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

Hammond B-3s and cowbells! Mark Farner reveals the genesis of classic tracks from Grand Funk Railroad.

How I Wrote…“Keith Don't Go”

Nils Lofgren reveals the roots of his 1975 ode to Keef.

Live Wires

In 1971, a band of unknown southern rockers found fame — and lost their leader. This is the story of the Allman Brothers Band’s landmark album, At Fillmore East, Duane Allman’s last and greatest musical statement.

THE ROBINSONS' AFFAIR

Rich and Chris Robinson put aside their ongoing feud for a Black Crowes tour, only to be sidelined by the pandemic. At long last, they’re shaking their money maker once again.

TEMPLE OF TONE

John Hiatt and the Jerry Douglas Band record Leftover Feelings at Nashville’s country music shrine.

Stageworthy Strategies, Pt. 5

Understanding acoustic amps.

Cordoba – Fusion 5 Jet Black

Its full body features a cutaway and a solid spruce top with laminated mahogany back and sides. It’s also available in Gloss Natural as well as Gloss Sonata Burst with flamed mahogany back and sides.

More Paul

Jon Sullivan’s ’71 Trella takes the classic single-cutaway set-neck design to new lengths.

Let It Be – Guitar by Guitar

As the Beatles’ Get Back documentary prepares to head for screens, we look back at the guitars that defined the group’s long cold lonely winter of 1969.

The Concert for Bangladesh – With a Little Help

In the summer of 1971, George Harrison corralled a who’s who of his musical friends to answer the call for humanitarian aid to Bangladesh. Two of his closest companions nearly left him hanging.

HONOR ROLE

Fingerstyle guru Andy McKee’s first new studio effort in nearly a decade pays homage to Prince and Michael Hedges.

MORE is MORE

Yngwie Malmsteen takes his neoclassical shred to new extremes on Parabellum.

DRIVE LIKE A DEMON

As he returns with Fist Full of Devils, his first solo album in 20 years, Earl Slick shares tales of his fast times with David Bowie and John Lennon.

ESP

LTD MH-1000 Deluxe EverTune

VICTORY

The Duchess V4 Guitar Amp

D. KOWALSKI

Dark Gene Micro Amplifier

GODIN

Montreal Premiere LTD

HARMONY

Comet

SUPRO

Delta King 12

REBEL ROUSERS

In 1977, Robert Gordon launched a rockabilly revival that would team him up with Link Wray, Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton. Here’s the full story in his own words and those of his closest collaborators.

COUNTRY JAZZ, PART 2

This month, we present the conclusion of our look at John Scofield’s sophisticated reinvention of a country classic.

Rick and Roll Music

John Lennon’s discovery of the Rickenbacker 325 launched the guitar maker’s Invasion-era success.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO TAJ

Chapter Two: From North America to Hawaii