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The Music Publishers Association of the United States earlier this summer gave Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence to the Edition Peters publishing company for its presentation “Bacchanale” by John Cage that was arranged for two prepared guitars by Dorchester’s Aaron Larget-Caplan.

Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter: Photo Credit Jerald Melrose ** As we begin The Days Between, the stretch that runs from Jerry Garcia's birthday (August 1,

Young flatpickers Jake Eddy, Luke Black, Alex Graf, and Zeb Snyder are blazing new trails in the worlds of bluegrass and acoustic music. Read their stories, discover their music, and find out what new influences they are bringing to the genre.

In the folk music boom in New York in the 1960s, the music of guitarist Mississippi John Hurt was a huge influence on players like Happy Traum, John Sebastian, and others.

Folk rock legend David Crosby recalls the Martin guitars he used at Woodstock, with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and more.

From the July 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY STEVE JAMES In the close, dimly lit quarters of the subterranean Gaslight Cafe, on MacDougal Street in New York’s Greenwich Village, a lot of what is now music history and legend happened as the basket was passed and the upstairs neighbors called in noise complaints. Besides hosting germinal performances by…

Throughout his career Bob Dylan has played a lot of acoustic guitars, mostly Gibsons and Martins, with some exceptions. Here, we take a close look at the guitars of Bob Dylan.