Though you’d be hard-pressed to swing a Stratocaster without hitting a guitar-player, that instrument still carries a certain exclusivity. It takes more than skill to be a guitarist: it takes attitude ...

“Bluegrass is very community-based,” says mandolinist Patrick Kerrigan Fitzsimons, one of the founders of the academy. “You don’t need fancy equipment. You just carry your instrument, sit in a circle ...

In the last 20 years, there has been a significant revival of interest in folk and Americana among a new generation of artists. This trend is largely tied to the explosion of popularity of indie bands ...