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Remembering the Rambling Ragtime Guitar Troubadour Roy Book Binder, 1943–2026

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By Derk Richardson Verified, Whitney Phaneuf Verified, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Verified
| Acoustic Guitar Verified
Roy Book Binder (1943–2026) carried the ragtime and country-blues tradition forward with wit, warmth, and a lifetime of stories from the road. A student of Reverend Gary Davis, Book Binder spent decades sharing that music with audiences everywhere from concert halls to small clubs. Below you’ll find his 2013 Acoustic Guitar Session performance, followed by an excerpt from a 1997 AG conversation about his blues origins. “[Culture] was a big part of it. I got into this blues thing and this folk thing.
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Letter from the Editor | Acoustic Guitar Issue 356

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By Adam Perlmutter Verified, Greg Cahill, Whitney Phaneuf Verified
| Acoustic Guitar Verified
From the January/February 2026 Issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine It’s always revealing to pause at year’s end and take stock of the instruments and music that have stood out—what they say about where guitar making is headed, and how players continue to expand the instrument’s expressive reach. Our annual gear roundup looks at both the tools and the sounds that defined the year—new guitars and accessories, along with 25 albums that capture where acoustic music is right now.
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Letter from the Managing Editor | Happy Camper

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By Kevin Owens Verified, Whitney Phaneuf Verified, Mark Kemp, Greg Olwell
| Acoustic Guitar Verified
Last time I sat down to write one of these notes, it was spring of 2023, and Acoustic Guitar’s brand new Patreon Workshop program was just flapping its wings and starting to take flight. It’s hard to believe that since then we’ve hosted nearly 30 Zoom workshops covering guitar-centric subjects ranging from health, wellness, and injury prevention (with Sean McGowan) to slack-key guitar fundamentals (with Jeff Peterson) to a deep dive on the guitar stylings of Willie Nelson (with Jackson Emmer).
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