Watching the fingerstyle guitarist perform in a small Iowa City theater reaffirmed my belief in music’s ability to conjure ...

Every once in a while, you come across someone so skilled with an instrument that it makes you reconsider what you thought was possible. When it comes to something that's hundreds of years old, then ...

Hey y'all, I'm Yasmin Williams, a guitarist from Northern Virginia and a two-time Contest "loser." It's funny to be writing this now, on the heels of what is now my second official Tiny Desk concert.

Yasmin Williams is one of the most inventive working guitarists right now. Only 28 years old, the Virginia native stands out in the world of acoustic finger-style guitar by playing her instrument face ...

In 2018, when I entered the Contest for the first time, I never really thought about winning. I knew that there were literally thousands of other folks submitting their best material and I just wanted ...