Cameron Knowler

Jul 12, 2024 | fretboardjournal.com | Cameron Knowler

It’s a big day for the music world as we greet the arrival of Jake Xerxes Fussell’s fifth recording project, When I’m Called, the artist’s first for Fat Possum Records. Produced by James Elkington alongside an eclectic-yet-sympatico ensemble of players and thinkers (Blake Mills, Joan Shelley, Robin Holcomb, Joe Westerlund, Jason Richmond and Tucker Martine, to name a few), the record stands alone as a confident tour de force while carrying forward the modest narrative of his catalog.

May 26, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Nick Millevoi |Adam Perlmutter |Cameron Knowler

John Leventhal has played many roles in his five-decade career in music—guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer, arranger, producer, and audio engineer—and has worked with some of the most important popular musicians of the 20th century, from Johnny Cash to Elvis Costello to Dolly Parton to Paul Simon and many others. But it was only recently that the six-time Grammy winner released a debut solo album.

May 15, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |Cathy Fink |Cameron Knowler

Welcome to Non-Traditional, a new song department where contemporary guitarists offer fresh takes on old songs. Originally composed in the late 1890s by cowboy poet, composer, and horse wrangler D. J. O’Malley, “When the Work’s All Done This Fall” is a classic ballad that details the longing of a young cowboy to return home when his work is completed on the range. In a tragic accident during a stampede, he is swiftly killed, then put to rest the following morning in an unmarked grave.

Dec 22, 2023 | acousticguitar.com | Cameron Knowler |Alan Barnosky

For the past 30 years, Tone Poems has been an album treasured by vintage instrument enthusiasts and acoustic music fans alike. On each track, David Grisman and Tony Rice showcase a different vintage mandolin and guitar, swapping melody and rhythm roles to reveal each instrument’s unique tonal qualities. This fully instrumental album used straightforward song selections and simple recording procedures to focus on the acoustic properties of the instruments and the skill of the players wielding them.