Fingerstyle Guitar
What is Fingerstyle Guitar Anyway?
A discussion of fingerstyle techniques, categorization, and the advent of modern fingerstyle, percussive guitar. The music of Vicki Genfan.
Stevie Coyle–The Ten-in-One CD release
Stevie Coyle, founding member of the Waybacks, releases his new solo CD project, titled ‘Ten in One’. CD and live show review, guitar technique review.
The Perfect Fingerpicking Guitar
A discussion of acoustic guitars most suited to fingerpicking. The attributes, guitar woods, and makers of fingerpicking guitars.
Blind Blake-the Stevie Wonder of the 1920s
Blind Blake was an important American recording artist at the dawn of the recording industry.
Traveling to the north from the Piedmont region of the eastern seaboard, he recorded for Paramount Records, the premiere label marketing ‘country blues‘ music to black audiences in the late 1920s. Because he was one of the first widely heard players, [...]
What the Hell are the Piedmont Blues?
I had been playing fingerstyle blues for many years before I ever heard the term ‘piedmont blues.’
I had gravitated towards a group of players that included Blind Blake, the Reverend Gary Davis, and Brownie McGee, looking for songs that I felt comfortable singing, without knowing they were all from the same region. There’s certain [...]
