The 21st annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival kicked off Friday night in Huntsville and is still going strong on Saturday.

This project marks the creator’s return to cigar box guitars, four years after their first video. This time, the goal was to build a fretted version from scratch using only materials and tools ...

One of the things that Lewin helped bring to the community was the annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival, which he and Pam started back in 2010.

The cigar box guitar fell out of favor as real stringed instruments became more accessible but had a brief resurgence in popularity during the Great Depression.

This Louisiana native takes pride in the rich music culture and his roots, with his handmade cigar box guitars.

This Louisiana native takes pride in the rich music culture and his roots, with his handmade cigar box guitars.

In the central Massachusetts town of Westminster, a local guitar player is strumming up quite the business with Dream Catcher Cigar Box Guitars.

The Cigar Box Guitar Festival is in its 14th year of filling the York Emporium and downtown with music.

The Cigar Box Guitar Festival is in its 14th year of filling the York Emporium and downtown with music.

“Fretless guitar requires constant on-the-fly tuning of chords and melodies, so the ear training and muscle memory involved are very specific. I’ve played fretless exclusively for 30 years.