In celebration of African-American Music Appreciation Month, Taylor Guitars has teamed up with artist Judith Hill to visit Nashville’s recently opened National Museum of African American Music. Watch as Taylor’s Artist and Community Relations Manager Lindsay Love-Bivens explores the city’s rich history of Black music and speaks with the museum’s curators about preserving and sharing the enormous influence of these artists and sounds on what we now know as American music.

Check out the latest issue of Taylor’s Wood & Steel publication to explore our timeline of African American musical styles and listen to a playlist curated by Judith Hill herself!

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The T5z | Taylor Guitars Taylor artist Daria Musk demonstrates the versatile tones of the acoustic-electric T5z guitar. Read More

Bob Taylor’s World Forestry Tour | Guatemala The Taylor Guitars founder reports from his stop at the Izabal Agro Forestry Project in Guatemala on his 25-day tour of tonewood forests. Read More

Tonewoods | Mahogany vs. Maple vs. Rosewood | Taylor Guitars A helpful look at the characteristics of the three most common tonewoods, with suggestions for picking a guitar based on the sound you need. Read More

Jon Foreman | The Academy Sessions | Taylor Guitars The Switchfoot guitarist and songwriter talks about starting to play guitar, writing songs, the central role of music in life, and the Taylor Academy Series. Read More

The Ebony Project | Preview | Taylor Guitars A look inside Taylor’s harvesting and re-planting of ebony trees in Africa, with Bob Taylor describing the process and the people involved. Read More

What is V-Class Bracing? | Taylor Guitars Andy Powers and Bob Taylor talk about the concept and creation of Taylor’s new guitar bracing. Read More

Taylor Artists on V-Class Bracing Watch Zac Brown and other Taylor artists react as they discover the power of V-Class for the first time. Read More

Andy Powers on V-Class Bracing Taylor Guitars designer Andy Powers discusses the company’s new top bracing system. Read More

Bob Taylor’s World Forestry Tour | Fiji The Taylor Guitars founder reports from his stop in Fiji, with a performance by singer-songwriter Knox Fiji. Read More

Taylor Academy Series | Durable Taylor’s master guitar designer Andy Powers talks about designing the new Academy Series guitars to be durable and easy to care for. Read More