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WHAT ARTISTS SAY

You orchestrated a wonderful write-up for Honey Miller & Friends that helped legitimize our place in this new Americana/folk world we just entered. What you do IS important — what you did had a real-world effect!

Dave

Honey Miller

THE SIX-STRING SPOTLIGHT

One artist, one real conversation, every month.

Spotlight

Four Strings, Deep Roots: Charissa Hoffman Steps Toward the Horizon

Nov 3, 2026

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5 min read

Four Strings, Deep Roots: Charissa Hoffman Steps Toward the Horizon

A sixth-generation Nashville musician, the first ukulele principal in Berklee history, and a debut record about the family history in her blood.

Edgar Kelley

Spotlight

Oct 27, 2026

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4 min read

Six-String Spotlight: Colby T. Helms

Edgar Kelley

Spotlight

Oct 13, 2026

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2 min read

Six-String Spotlight: Ava Claire

She taught herself guitar on YouTube, made her Music Row debut at 11, and just put out a debut EP that Billboard noticed. Meet Ava Claire.

Edgar Kelley

Up next: Wyatt Lowe, December 1.

Recent essays on music, place, and how the experience matters more than the lineup.

Follow our musical adventures, gear reviews, and tales from stages across the country

Nov 10, 2026

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4 min read

The Suitcase Junket: A Band of One

One man, a suitcase kick drum, and pedals under both feet: Matt Lorenz on building a band of one.

Edgar Kelley

Spotlight

Nov 3, 2026

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5 min read

Four Strings, Deep Roots: Charissa Hoffman Steps Toward the Horizon

A sixth-generation Nashville musician, the first ukulele principal in Berklee history, and a debut record about the family history in her blood.

Edgar Kelley

Oct 29, 2026

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8 min read

25 Artists You Need to Know in 2027

The voices carrying Americana, folk, and roots music into next year. Some you have met in these pages. The rest are the reason we will be on the road in 2027.

Six-String Travels, +1

Premiere: Camp Bedford, "Ships in the Night"

Oct 29, 2026

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Premiere: Camp Bedford, "Ships in the Night"

A first listen to the Brooklyn trio's new single, a plea to bring someone lost at sea back to land.

Edgar Kelley

Spotlight

Oct 27, 2026

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4 min read

Six-String Spotlight: Colby T. Helms

Edgar Kelley

Two Records, Two Kinds of Young: Charissa Hoffman's Horizon and Jack Barksdale's Battleground

Oct 20, 2026

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2 min read

Two Records, Two Kinds of Young: Charissa Hoffman's Horizon and Jack Barksdale's Battleground

Two records, two very different kinds of young.

Edgar Kelley

Most Recent Reviews

Concert write-ups, gear reviews, venue spotlights, and city guides from the road

FESTIVAL REVIEW

Three Days Down by the River: Suwannee Roots Revival

Three days of rain, mud, and music that made every mile worth it, down by the Suwannee River.

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Welcome sign for the Florida Sand Music Ranch, home of the Will McLean Foundation

Concert Review

Will McLean Folk Music Festival

An in-depth look at this special musical event, featuring exclusive insights and highlights from the road.

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App Review

Gibson Learn & Master Guitar App

We put Gibson's official lesson app through its paces — from beginner chord charts to advanced fingerpicking. Here's our full verdict.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Where Six-String Travels will be, covering as credentialed press:

Winterfest 2026 — Nov 11–15, 2026

South Florida Folk Festival — Feb 5–7, 2027

Will McLean Festival — Mar 12–14, 2027

Suwannee Spring Reunion — Mar 18–21, 2027

Every Tuesday, the Tampa Bay weekend roundup: the rooms and big stages worth your Friday night, with ticket links.

Meet Edgar

Edgar Kelley writes Six-String Travels from Tampa Bay, covering the festivals, listening rooms, and highways of the folk and Americana world. His wife Karrie shoots the photos. Say hello at a show.

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