The Craft of Music Vol. 3 CD sampler was an insert in every copy of American Songwriter’s Nov/Dec issue.American Songwriter’s annual Nov/Dec CD compilation focused on our favorite indie-leaning artists of 2008. Standout’s include track opener The Whispertown 2000, Canadian rockers Land of Talk, Nashville’s own Old Crow Medicine Show, and My Morning Jacket’s “Librarian,” [...]

Danger! Gear: Gear Is Still Up For Grabs!

In the November/December issue of American Songwriter magazine, we enlisted local Nashville rockers Danger Bear to test out 30 different musical products ranging from acoustic and electric guitars, amps and PA systems, strings, straps, tuners, capos, microphones, and a range of recording equipment and software. We’re exhausted but we decided to extend the gear extravaganza to our readers.

When 20-year-old Bob Dylan stumbled into the Greenwich Village coffee house scene, emulating Woody Guthrie with a harmonica, acoustic guitar and folk songs, the modern singer-songwriter was born, and the harmonica’s place was also solidified into the songwriter history books.