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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.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
acousticguitar.com | Michael Wright |Steve James |Greg Olwell |Michael Simmons
When singer-songwriter Dom Flemons saw this Clef Club guitar banjo at RetroFret in Brooklyn a few years ago, he knew he had to have it. Flemons had long been inspired by Papa Charlie Jackson, a versatile musician from the 1920s who played a Gibson guitar banjo with an oversized 14-inch head. (Most banjos these days have 11- or 12-inch heads.) With its 16-inch head, this Clef Club is even larger, and it has all the punch and power you could want.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | David Hamburger |Mary Flower |Steve James |Pete Madsen
If you’re like most guitarists, you started to solo by learning the minor pentatonic or blues scale. But after a while, running the blues scale up and down got to sounding like, well, just playing a scale. In this lesson, I’ll teach you how to add variety to your playing by using the open strings in combination with notes of the minor pentatonic and blues scales.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | Mac Randall |Steve James |Andrew DuBrock |Martin Keith
The greatest repairpeople are those whose work is invisible. If done right, a perfect repair disappears completely, leaving behind nothing but a story. Last week, the community of luthiers mourned the loss of the great Frank Ford. The legacy Frank leaves behind is much greater than just the story of his work—it is also a legacy of community, innovation, education, and friendship.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
acousticguitar.com | Derk Richardson |Steve James |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |Bob Doerschuk
Legendary guitarist Robbie Robertson passed away August 9, 2023, at the age of 80. Republished here is a profile and interview with Robertson, which originally ran as the cover story for Acoustic Guitar’s September 2011 issue. —Ed.On November 25, 1976, one of the most remarkable concerts in rock history took place atWinterland in San Francisco, California. “The Last Waltz” included performances by Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Dr. John, and others.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Steve James
Not long after taking the role of England’s managing director of men’s cricket, Rob Key hit the nail squarely upon its head when saying: “There are not many people queuing up to bat at the top of the order, they all want to bat four, five or six.”He was actually talking about England’s opening situation at the time, but his statement clearly extends to the position one below that at No 3, or “first drop” as the Australians like to call it. He was spot on.
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Jun 15, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Steve James
There is a story told by Allan Border about his teammate, Geoff Marsh, on the 1989 Ashes tour. It was well before 6am on the morning of the first Test at Headingley when David Boon, Marsh’s room-mate, somehow sensed some movement and awoke to the sight of Marsh wearing nothing except his batting helmet and gloves, practising his batting in front of the mirror.
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Jun 15, 2023 | 
rb.gy | Steve James
There is a story told by Allan Border about his teammate, Geoff Marsh, on the 1989 Ashes tour. It was well before 6am on the morning of the first Test at Headingley when David Boon, Marsh’s room-mate, somehow sensed some movement and awoke to the sight of Marsh wearing nothing except his batting helmet and gloves, practising his batting in front of the mirror.
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Jun 5, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Steve James
Mike Whitney was actually more concerned about the prospect of facing the great Malcolm Marshall than anything else. The scene was the beautiful Cheltenham College ground in August 1981. Gloucestershire were playing Hampshire in a County Championship match and included in the home side, who had won the toss and batted, was the strapping Australian left-arm quick bowler Whitney. How he was even there is a story in itself.
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May 26, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Steve James
It was in December 2021 during the most recent Ashes down under that Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne first rose to No.1 in the Test batting rankings. Among the welter of messages of congratulations was one from Charlie Hemphrey, a former teammate at Queensland and Glamorgan. “Many people, including myself, laughed when in 2019 you said you wanted to be the best player in the world but look who’s laughing now!” it read. Labuschagne had long set this as his goal.
