Guitar skills: "The right hand is one of the first things you need to focus on when switching over to fingerstyle," says acoustic virtuoso Andy McKee. "It can be a bit of a challenge at first. What I ...

Play this James Hetfield-style riff by moving your picking hand from the wrist. Mute the fifth string with the side of your palm, as in the image below, to keep the notes tight and punchy and lift off ...

The Barr Brothers have been making music in Leonard Cohen's hometown of Montreal for the greater part of last decade — long enough to know the trials and pitfalls any songwriter worth their salt needs ...