Molly Tuttle: “I think I became more and more obsessed and in love with playing” By David Mead published 7 October 19 We talk to the talented acoustic guitarist and songwriter
Zeal & Ardor: “I see [the guitar] as a tool. And I am very cautious of romanticising the tool rather than the action” By Jonathan Horsley published 4 October 19 We talk to avant-garde Swiss metal enigma Manuel Gagneux
Polyphia vs Covet round table: “I hope that guitar music dies. I want it to die a painful death” By Michael Astley-Brown published 3 October 19 Meet the six-string anarchists obliterating the guitar rulebook
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I wanted stuff that would bring tears to the eyes. A different voice” By Total Guitar published 1 October 19 We check-in with the progressive mastermind as new album In Cauda Venenum lands
6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in October 2019 By Matt Parker published 30 September 19 From gunslinger blues to magic stoner noise
Tom Morello: "This is missionary work. I’m on a zealot’s mission out there" By Rob Laing published 25 September 19 We visit the past, present and future with one of the greatest riff writers and guitar innovators of his generation
George Benson: “I’ve always been an experimenter. When I was young, I thought I was going to be a scientist” By Denny Ilett published 11 September 19 The jazz legend discusses his famed style, rock ’n’ roll and how it’s all about the audience
Jade Jackson: “I listened to the same Hank Williams songs, but now I actually understood the pain in a different way” By Jonathan Horsley published 10 September 19 The country songwriter bears testimony to the power of storytelling with her life-affirming second album, Wilderness
Styx’s Ricky Phillips: “Breathing at the same time and ebbing and flowing while the drummer is, it’s huge magic” By Freddy Villano published 10 September 19 Ricky Phillips of Styx checks in from across the river
Charlie Cunningham: “I know what is needed now, what I need to do with the guitar in that moment, in a song” By Matt Parker published 9 September 19 Second album Permanent Way finds the UK singer-songwriter making bold new steps