The New Acoustic Collective features many of the top up-and-coming jazz, bluegrass, and classical musicians in the Bay Area, combining a variety of strings to bring a modern and unique sound to the ...

Jazz is littered with examples of starry duos aligning in one-off recording projects that do not quite match expectations. Often the lack of real spark comes down to too much deference being shown.

Ralph Towner with his ’95 Elliott-Burton classical guitar. (photo: Caterina di Perri/ECM Records) In 1940, the jazz establishment was just coming to recognize the potential of the electric guitar as a ...

During an afternoon set on the last day of this year’s Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Julian Lage Quartet played a medley of “Solid Air” and “Omission.” Lage dedicated the two ...