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Eastwood bravely recreates Mike Bloomfield’s mangled Bob Dylan Telecaster
Bloomfield famously used the Telecaster before its brutal cutaway mod when Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival – and now it’s been remade in all its grisly glory
How Pavey Ark are reinventing acoustic guitar with pedals, fake nails and a $60 nylon-string that holds its own in any company
Neil Thomas’ adventurous playing and ear for unorthodox tuning finds the English collective exist between two worlds of traditional and neo-folk
What was the guitar-like instrument played during Bad Bunny's history-making 2026 Super Bowl halftime show?
Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rican culture and instruments to the forefront during his Super Bowl halftime show – including its unique national guitar-like instrument
How seven years of busking and Nick Drake’s influence were the making of England's new folk guitar hero Chris Brain
For fans of Nick Drake, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs, Chris Brain's bucolic folk sound is driven by his technically formidable but delicate fingerstyle approach – and some of it was recorded in his shed
After her beloved Gibson was ruined on a flight, Valerie June found new inspiration in this iconic acoustic brand, recommended by Dan Auerbach
She was in the market for a new guitar following her beloved Clyde's demise – and, thanks to the Black Keys' guitarist and vocalist, she managed to find her perfect match
Peggy Seeger on the first time she unknowingly met a future folk icon
Seeger recalls meeting Robert Zimmerman – better known as Bob Dylan – back when he was a student
English folk icon Wizz Jones – guitar hero of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Thurston Moore – has died at 86
Jones was an influential and consistent figure in the British folk scene for the past six decades
How to weave crosspicking and Carter picking into your acoustic guitar playing
In this lesson inspired by Molly Tuttle, Trey Hensley and the O.G. of acoustic folk playing Maybelle Carter, we'll make one guitar sound like two with arrangements alive with rhythm and melody
The Byrds needed a hit or they’d be dropped. Releasing a cover of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man as their first single was a gamble that paid off
Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn was the third person to ever own a Rickenbacker 12-string, following George Harrison – and his timely purchase would completely transform the Dylan song, and the band's entire trajectory
