Natalia Zukerman

1 month ago | acousticguitar.com | Mac Randall |Natalia Zukerman |Steve James |Christopher Paul Stelling

Sue Foley steps onto the stage in a bright pink suit, a well-worn guitar slung over her shoulder, and digs into a deep, driving groove. Whether she’s tearing through a Texas blues shuffle on her Telecaster or coaxing out the hushed warmth of a nylon-string guitar, her playing is rooted, rhythmic, and unmistakably hers. Over the decades, she’s built a career that’s equal parts fire and scholarship—an artist with both a deep love for the blues and a historian’s instinct for uncovering its stories.

Aug 23, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Emile Menasche |Adam Perlmutter |Brian Wise |Natalia Zukerman

In the early 1980s Cat Fox, disillusioned by a year of studying management and aviation at Central Washington University, felt that something was missing. She went for a long drive in her Volkswagen bus along the windy roads of eastern Washington to clear her head and had an epiphany. “I thought, I like to party, I like to hang out with musicians, and I like to work with wood,” Fox recalls.

Jun 5, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |Kenny Berkowitz |Natalia Zukerman

“What the fuck do you want?” is the brazen opening line of Madi Diaz’s new record, Weird Faith (Anti-), sung softly over the strum of her acoustic guitar. With that moment, Diaz sets the tone for the unapologetic examination of love, bravery, trust, faith, God, dreams, and even therapy that the songs offer.

Feb 18, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Mark Small |Kate Koenig |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |Natalia Zukerman

The sun had just set on a perfect, gumdrop-colored leaf peeping day in late October when Willy Porter took the stage at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts. Porter silently nodded and smiled, greeting his eager audience, and began to play fast arpeggio harmonics up the neck on his custom Jason Kostal guitar set up with a low open tuning and partial capo.