Duck Baker is one of the most highly regarded fingerstyle guitarists of his generation. His repertoire ranges from traditional Irish music through old-time mountain music and bluegrass to blues, ...

Though acoustic guitarist, composer and musicologist Duck Baker has long been on the periphery of jazz and improvised music—playing in a traditional swing style on the West Coast in the '70s and ...

Born in Washington D.C., fingerstyle guitarist Richard Royal Baker IV was raised in Richmond, Virginia. Spurred by the times, he picked up guitar pretty early and by his teen years he was gigging in ...

Our mature-age guitar heroes' new albums are quite unlike each other's - or any other guitarist's. 40-plus years into his career Duck Baker issues a set of 'free' solos for nylon-stringed guitar, ...