Some say Amani Burnham is the next SRV or Hendrix – the fingerstyle Strat phenom has other ideas

The fast-rising 21-year-old blues-rock star’s debut LP, Roots & Wings, invites comparisons with the greats – but he’s putting ...

How Jake Xerxes Fussell’s adventures with blues guitar’s hidden gems have shaped him for life

The folk alchemist treads a transformative path, rendering old songs new with little but a Telecaster and a tube amp ...

[Right Hand on Guitar] Practice Methods for Complete Independence

The day I stopped practicing moving my fingers all together, my sound changed. Having played guitar for 30 years, this is a ...
American Songwriter

43 Years Ago Today, Country Music Lost the Pioneering Guitarist Who Helped Define Its Sound and Wrote Hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford and Ernest Tubb

Merle Travis’ career slowed near the end of the 1940s, according to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Then, in 1955, ...