Cigar-box guitars became less common after World War II when mass-produced instruments became less expensive, but they have experienced a revival over the past decade. Amateur craftsmen and do-it ...

The four-string tenor guitar is making a bit of a comeback and there are a host of fewer-string 'folk' instruments that can all add texture and interest to your music, either live or recorded. And ...

His handmade cigar box guitars dubbed Mississippi Blues Boxes have strung along the blues festival circuit for years, wound up in the hands of several touring musicians and are about to make their ...

The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival was founded in 2016 and has grown exponentially in the years since, so much so it has now partnered with award-winning musician and blues sensation Samantha ...

Curated by Joanne Cole, host of KGNU’s “Blues Legacy,” the exhibit will feature more than a dozen cigar box guitars created by Donald DeNoncourt, Peter Faris, Michael Bradshaw and O’Reilly.

So, anybody that likes blues will also love guitar box instruments.” Roberts heard there were festivals dedicated to cigar box guitars across the nation but couldn’t find many in Florida.

By watching online tutorials Sutliff, now 48, soon moved from strumsticks to more aesthetically appealing cigar-box guitars. “No one can build just one,” she says.

The Music Compound and the Suncoast Blues Society are partnering on Saturday to present a Cigar Box Guitar Workshop led by noted local blues musician Steve Arvey. The workshop for ages 8-18 takes ...

A quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald was half of the Austin, Texas, alternative pop-rock duo Timbuk3, the singer, songwriter and instrumentalist’s moment in the ...

Lowe calls himself Johnny Lowebow when performing on the streets of blues havens like Memphis; Clarksdale, Miss.; or Helena, Ark.; or at cigar box guitar festivals. (Yes, there are such things.) ...