John Fahey News

Jack Rose, a longtime Philadelphia resident and critically acclaimed figure in the world of contemporary guitar music, died of an apparent heart attack at his home on Saturday, Dec.

Philadelphia-based acoustic guitarist Jack Rose died Sunday morning of a heart attack.

Tonight three excellent, and predominantly acoustic-based, axe-slingers explore the intersection of the guitar and the drone.

Guitarist Peter Lang is in trouble and he needs our help. One of the world's foremost six-and-twelve-string fingerstyle guitarists, Lang has enjoyed a lengthy career, some 40 years, playing traditional music in the blues and folk vein.

I don't know a lot about folk music - but again what are genres anyway? I just like music.

Kurt Vile is not what his name might imply. Instead of a down-and-dirty punk, Vile , is a long-haired, baby-faced guitarist with a ramshackle take on classic rock and the blues.

The author, with his Fahey collection. Krist Novoselic is a regular contributor to Reveb and writes a column about music and politics for the Daily Weekly.

Make the juice run down my leg. Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Kicking Mule In the folk and country blues revival of the 1960s he was listening to Broonzy, Brownie McGhee and Lightnin' Hopkins and beginning to collect old 78 rpm records from the 1920s and 1930s.

You are not logged in. Register now . August 12, 2009 Brooklyn Music by Brooklyn Eagle , published online 08-11-2009 Even in the download age, Brooklyn is still teeming with used records.

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Irish Reels, Jigs, Hornpipes, and Airs is the rare acoustic guitar CD that isn't dominated by Leo Kottke-style wizardry or a John Fahey influence.

Majestic finger-style and 12-string player James Blackshaw is probably best known for his John Fahey -like pieces on local label Tomkins Square, the gold standard for guitar nerds.