Artist lessons

Video lesson on the guitar style of Nickel Creek’s Sean Watkins, with examples from their album Celebrants.

An in-depth video lesson on the distinctive fingerstyle guitar of JT, with examples to play based on some of his best-loved songs.

A conversation with legendary U.K. songwriter Joan Armatrading, and a video lesson teaching guitar grooves and riffs from some of her best songs.

A new book/video teaches the guitar styles of 14 legendary singer-songwriters, including Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Paul Simon, and Bill Withers.

Roots music performer and teacher Happy Traum looks back at his 50-plus-year career, and shares how to play some of his signature songs.

A conversation with Americana icon Lucinda Williams about guitar and songwriting, with a video lesson teaching rhythm patterns from some of her best songs.

Explore the stripped-down accompaniment style behind classic songs like “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Grandma’s Hands,” and “Use Me.”

Learn about Mitchell’s pioneering guitar style and use of alternate tunings.

How a new lap steel guitar sparked Ben Harper’s first instrumental album

Advice and instructions on songwriting, in the words of Woody Guthrie.

Bruce Cockburn shares the guitar parts of some of his best-known songs, plus a solo performance of “If I Had a Rocket Launcher.”

Mark Erelli, Shawn Colvin, Anaïs Mitchell, Martin Sexton, and Anthony da Costa share their approaches to creating dynamic accompaniment parts.

A celebration of next-generation bluegrass, including a cross-picking lesson with Molly Tuttle.

A video lesson on John Prine’s guitar style, with examples drawn from his best-known songs.

Three guitar duos—Pharis and Jason Romero, Ryanhood, and Grant Gordy and Ross Martin—share their approaches to creating a full spectrum of sound and expression with two guitars.

Folk-rock songwriter Peter Mulvey shares his approach to guitar arranging and alternate tunings, by walking through the accompaniment parts of his song “The Knuckleball Suite.”

A video lesson on the Joan Baez’s influential guitar style, with examples drawn from her best-known songs.

A video lesson on John Denver’s guitar style, with examples drawn from his best-known songs.

A video lesson with the virtuoso Irish guitarist on accompanying traditional songs, and writing songs that fit with tradition.