The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) is excited to announce that the date for their first annual mini-folk festival has been set for Saturday April 28, 2012. The festival (OGF) is an annual family-oriented celebration of folk music, dance and other participatory arts. The event will take place inside the Royal Canadian Legion, 330 Kent St. [...]

Join us on Saturday, March 24, 2:30-4:30 for an open tunings exploration with one of Canada’s finest roots-focused guitar players, Michael Jerome Browne. Whether he’s gliding a slide across his national guitar, pulling his bow over the fiddle strings to play a lively Cajun waltz, or frailing away on his gourd banjo Michael’s passion and virtuosity always [...]

Here’s a great video we just got from the folks at Elixir Strings.  Ever wonder why strings lose their tone as they get played?  Find out why and how a coated string might help you.  

Oskar Graf Archtop Guitar $8,900.00 An original Oskar Graf Archtop in great condition wandered into the store recently.  This instrument has a great(!) acoustic sound and a silky smooth feel.  Built with a solid spruce top, flame maple back and sides, ebony pick guard, and ebony fingerboard…the instrument is as much a delight to look [...]