Martin’s GPCPA1 Plus Acoustic-Electric cutaway model guitar integrates “state-of-the art electronics with striking aesthetic features, well balanced tone and enhanced playability.” (click here to read our review). Want to own one? Simply click the button below and tell us the “ten albums you’d take to the other side,” and you’ll be entered to win a [...]

The tones and sounds Eric Clapton has coaxed out of his guitars are legendary: from his heavy blues-based riffs in the ’60s power trio Cream to the weeping moans and wails of unrequited love on the 1970 classic Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs. And let’s not forget some fantastic acoustic fingerpicking over the years, [...]

American Songwriter and Martin Guitar‘s “The Pub Deal” will sign one songwriter to a year-long $20,000 publishing contract with HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc. Judges that included Holly Williams, Dean Dillon, Martin Ambassador Mac Powell and Martin Ambassador Hunter Hayes have narrowed down the playing field from our 25 Finalists to the Top 5 listed below. From here, these songwriters will participate in an audition process with [...]

American Songwriter and Martin Guitar‘s “The Pub Deal” Contest was the first of its kind, designed to award a talented and deserving songwriter a year-long $20,000 publishing contract with HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc. All the entries have been carefully reviewed, discussed and narrowed down to 25 Finalists, listed below, in no particular order. With the help [...]

You may have heard by now that Martin Guitar and American Songspace have partnered with American Songwriter to give away a year-long $20,000 publishing contract with HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc.   HoriPro is an independent publishing company with offices in Nashville, Los Angeles and Tokyo. They represent hit songwriters Dean Dillon and Phil O’Donnell and service catalogs as diverse as George Strait and [...]

Live from Santa’s Pub in Nashville, it’s our 2012 Holiday Gear Guide. The Ettes’ Coco Haines and Amanda Shires dropped by to help test out these must-have instruments. Photos by Mackenzie Moore and Will Vastine.

UK-to-Nashville transplant Josh Doyle was recently named the Grand Prize Winner of the inaugural “Guitar Center Singer Songwriter” competition. In this special guest blog, the former Dum Dums frontman shares the inspiration behind his upcoming album. How “The Hunger Games” Influenced My Debut Solo Record Alicia Keys claims her new album had nothing to do [...]

Martin Guitars has announced that country artist Hunter Hayes will serve as C.F. Martin & Co.’s latest brand ambassador. The 20 year-old multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer is a former child prodigy (fun fact: Hayes received his first guitar from actor Robert Duvall at age six) whose impressive debut album, Hunter Hayes, was released last year on Atlantic Records. [...]

(PHOTOS: Danny Clinch) Imagine what Bill Monroe might be doing today if he were 30. Just as he did some 70 years ago, he might be revolutionizing the role of the mandolin in modern music, and sometimes singing in a falsetto, while fronting a modern quintet featuring only the best musicians on mandolin, guitar, banjo, [...]

March/April “On My Deathbed” winner, Danaca Booth, reveals her prize picks. From the Talking Heads to Steve Earle, read Danaca’s thoughts on each pick that helped her win a Martin D-15M guitar.  Enter the current “On My Deathbed” Contest for your chance to win a Martin D-28 guitar!   Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads [...]

Enter our May/June On My Deathbed Contest! Tell us the ten albums you couldn’t live or die without, and you’ll be eligible to win a Martin D-28 Guitar. Selected entries will be reprinted in our July/August 2012 issue. To enter, simply click the button above, then enter your top 10 list and email address. Deadline: [...]

Next Monday, C. F. Martin & Co.will unveil the latest in their Custom Artist series; the 00-DB Jeff Tweedy, a new acoustic guitar designed in collaboration with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy. “It has been such a privilege to work with Martin to design this guitar,” says Tweedy in a press statement. “The shape and the [...]