You need acoustic guitar rhythms Acoustic strummers take heed! You’ll also need to have a big vocabulary of chord voicings, rhythmic patterns, and right-handed strumming techniques to play American roots music convincingly. Check out these lessons from Mike Zito’s 30 Rootsy Acoustic Rhythms You MUST Know, in which Mike will equip you with what you […]
Fingerpicking good stuff from Jacques Stotzem Long time friend of AGW, Jacques Stotzem has a new project: Fingerpicking Roots. Jacques has studied his blues idols well – Blind Blake, Rev Gary Davis and Big Bill Broonzy among others. Each of these players had their own particular way of fingerpicking; Jacques captures this aspect in his […]
This song is dedicated to the street musicians I’ve met and listened to all over the world. There are some truly great ones – free spirits who play for the sheer joy of it. And hopefully some folks are moved to put a nickel in the jar. SUPPORT STREET MUSIC and the musicians who make […]
The Acoustic Guitar Workshop enters a new space – Acoustic Groove Warrior. Listen to top-drawer acoustic guitar – ragtime blues, country fingerpicking, acoustic slide guitar, fingerstyle blues… a gamut of acoustic guitar flavours featuring Tim Sparks, Rick Payne and Steve Elliott… On Soundcloud AGW has covered a number of blues and ragtime standards including: Mississippi […]
LUCY’S SONG – an acoustic guitar-driven song, it’s a modern lullaby. Listen on Soundcloud