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Santa Cruz, California: Fun on the Boardwalk and Beyond

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By Whitney Phaneuf Verified
| Via Magazine Verified
Stroll below ancient giants at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. While Austin and Portland worked to stay weird, Santa Cruz never had to try. A quirky, artsy spirit permeates the town, from Santa Cruz Skateboards’ “screaming hand” logo to anarchist community space SubRosa to a street poet click-clacking custom verses on an antique typewriter on downtown’s Pacific Avenue.
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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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