He was quiet, modest, uncomfortable in the spotlight – not looking for No. 1 hits or commercial ditties. But when Bert Jansch picked up an acoustic guitar, people listened, often spellbound by his ...

Folk lovers, we are bringing you 10 easiest folk songs to play on acoustic guitar so you don’t think we forgot about you. Folk songs date from 19th century and had many definitions through the years.

Generally with folk you’ll be playing fingerstyle, but standard strumming is commonplace too and sounds great with open-string drone chords. Altered tunings feature heavily and will help bust you out ...

ACOUSTIC WEEK: Woody Guthrie was probably the first folk hero in America. He is famously quoted as saying about his playing that, "If you play more than two chords, you're showing off." This was ...

US-based Guyanese and classical guitarist Hubert George is on a mission to preserve Guyanese folk songs through classical solo-guitar arrangements. His guitar playing, which began as a hobby in the ...

A 1963 Fender Telecaster has popped up for sale at the music-gear marketplace Reverb, with a price tag of $275,000. That number comes courtesy of the instrument’s provenance: It was played by the ...