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JD McPherson—with Jason Smay on drums—performs in Nashville in 2015. As every little schoolboy knows, McPherson is playing his custom TK Smith guitar through a Texotica Presidio 15 combo.

JD McPherson—with Jason Smay on drums—performs in Nashville in 2015. As every little schoolboy knows, McPherson is playing his custom TK Smith guitar through a Texotica Presidio 15 combo. (Image credit: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

Rootsy American music—for lack of a better name (although some people are calling it Americana or Ameripolitan)—is pretty much all I listen to these days. It calms me down, keeps me going when things get unsavory and streams out of my guitar (and/or iPhone) every time I pick it up.

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