Latest about Chet Atkins
From The Archive Atkins was one of the greatest of all time and yet he was never satisfied. We guitar players can be too hard on ourselves
Sonic expansion or evolutionary dead-end? The acoustic-electric has undergone a radical reinvention over the years
With Celebrity Skin, Love shifted Hole's musical direction and created their final opus, in the midst of great tragedy
The acoustic virtuoso took a pilgrimage to Nashville and swung by the house of his hero, and came away having learned a lesson he still holds close to this day
The pair traded licks after the release of Brothers in Arms, and went on to release an album together
The Australian fingerpicking legends reflects on a life of guitar and what made Chet Atkins so great
From Maybelle Carter’s famous ‘pick and flick’ approach to Pete Seeger’s banjo-style techniques – it’s all here in a lesson that will make you a more rounded player
Emmanuel now “loves” both bands, but back in the day it took him “a long time to appreciate them”
