Matt Parker

Matt Parker

Matt is a freelance journalist who has spent the last decade interviewing musicians for the likes of Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, MusicRadar, NME.com, DJ Mag and Electronic Sound. In 2020, he launched CreativeMoney.co.uk (opens in new tab), which aims to share the ideas that make creative lifestyles more sustainable. He plays guitar, but should not be allowed near your delay pedals.

Articles by: Matt Parker

Ruen Brothers: “With an acoustic guitar, it sounds like what it was built to sound like. There’s a continuity”

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The UK duo on their rock 'n' roll debut, All My Shades Of Blue

6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in October

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From prog-metal to math-pop

Emma Ruth Rundle: "The guitar is so wonderful because there are all these things you can do with it: it’s like developing a landscape"

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The US songwriter on telling stories with tone, tunings and T-Birds

Ruston Kelly: “Brutish and kind of rude and beautiful - that was the kind of art that I wanted to make”

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The rising alt-country songwriter discusses addiction, songwriting and his disarming debut Dying Star

The playlist: Dan Patlansky

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Pat's pick of the pops

6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in September

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From punk to prog and off into space drone

Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor: “I think there are too many guitar players in the United States of America”

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The roots hero on the lessons guitarists forget

Damien Jurado: “I’m never online, so that to me is a really big influence on my writing. It keeps you in your own lane”

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The life, lyrics and £80 acoustic that made The Horizon Just Laughed

Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum: “I've never really understood the argument against doing something that has been done before well”

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The Virginian indie-rocker discusses perfection, questioning originality and ripping up analogue convention

Rig tour: The Hold Steady

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An onstage tour of guitars, amps and pedals with the Brooklynite band

Neil and Liam Finn: “We needed to get to the end with the family relationship intact - music is a highly charged thing to do”

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New Zealand’s indie-rock royals on their first collaborative record and Finn Sr's upcoming stint with Fleetwood Mac

6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in August

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Hardcore hits, invigorating punk rock and psych-metal masterminds

Australian guitarist plays for an incredible 125 hours in charity fundraiser

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World Record attempt exceeds previous time by almost 10 hours

Pigtronix launches Bob Weir's Real Deal - an acoustic volume boost without the feedback

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Organic mega volume for acoustic players from the Grateful Dead man

The Performaxe leg rest promises to improve your posture and provide more comfortable practice positions

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Save your legs and back while woodshedding

Megan Davies: “There are constantly people who are better technically than you… learn to start collaborating with them”

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In conversation with the YouTube star and songwriter

G-Suit protects your guitar's neck and strings when you’re not playing

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Avoid the hassle of encasing your beloved

Ted Hutt’s 7 tips for producers: “My favourite records weren’t always huge hits. But they were huge to me”

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The ’59 Sound producer on The Gaslight Anthem, personality and the importance of honesty

Foo Fighters fans! Chris Shiflett is selling 20 guitars on Reverb this week

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Time to smash the piggy bank

Want to buy Tom Petty's 1965 Gibson SG? That'll be $300,000

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Guitars and memorabilia to be auctioned this weekend

6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in July

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Rock, psych and shoegaze-y noises to get you through the month

6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in June

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From blues to post punk, Americana to shred metal

Ash’s Tim Wheeler: “When it wasn’t cool to have flash solos, I was still doing them. I love it. I’m all about it”

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The frontman on smashing six-strings and the importance of “dashes of flash”

6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in May

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Punk, blues, shoegaze - and most things in between with Shame, Aiming For Enrike, Austin Gold, Rain, Hey Charlie and Salad Boys...

Gary Lucas’s top 5 tips for guitarists: “Music is the most immediate and magical of all the art forms”

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The guitar disruptor on working with Beefheart, Buckley and universal blues