Joey Lusterman

4 weeks ago | acousticguitar.com | Joey Lusterman |Adam Perlmutter

Five awesome Teaching Artists—Isa Burke, Lisa Liu, Mamie Minch, Sean McGowan, and Thu Tran—want to help you grow as a guitarist!Beginning April 1, they’ll be sharing engaging insights and invaluable guitar wisdom with you each and every week in the Acoustic Guitar Patreon community. To kick things off, we hosted a live hangout with the TAs. It was a whole lot of fun and featured songs, stories, and a window into the musical lives of these great guitarists.

1 month ago | acousticguitar.com | Joey Lusterman |Whitney Phaneuf

Olivia Wolf’s bluegrass upbringing fueled her passion for music, but it was mainstream country radio that really inspired her to craft her own sound. “I heard Tricia Yearwood and Miranda Lambertand Randy Travis, and it was like a drug—all I could think was, ‘How do I hear more of this?’”It turns out the best way to hear more of the music she loved was to create it herself, and Wolf’s San Francisco-to-Nashville, existential-folk-rock-country sound is spotlighted in this Acoustic Guitar Session.

Jan 15, 2025 | acousticguitar.com | Nick Grizzle |Jamie Stillway |Lyzy Lusterman |Joey Lusterman

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Courtney Hartman discusses her evolution from flashy flatpicker to introspective songwriter, the staying power of old-time music, her relationship with Bourgeois Guitars, and shares insights from teaching music. Additional Resources:Visit Courtney Hartman’s website. Learn to play her arrangement of “Cumberland Gap”Join our Patreon community for access to more podcast episodes, lessons, and workshops.

Jan 1, 2025 | acousticguitar.com | Joey Lusterman

Taking time out from a recent West Coast tour, fingerstyle virtuoso Hiroya Tsukamoto stopped by the AG offices to share some songs. Originally from Japan, Tsukamoto got his musical start on the banjo as a teenager, and in 2000 moved to the US to study guitar at Berklee College of Music in Boston. These days, he’s renowned not only for his masterful technical ability on the six-string, but also for his sublime compositions.

Nov 8, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Joey Lusterman |Kevin Owens

With a focus on melody and a distaste for flash and complexity for complexity’s sake, Hayden Pedigo has become a leading voice in the acoustic fingerstyle soundscape. “I believe fingerstyle guitar pieces should be simple enough where any skill level can approach the song and play it in a convincing way,” Pedigo says. “That’s what makes it folk music: the song is sharable and can be passed around.