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ON MY LATEST album, One Guitar Woman, I pay tribute to many of the female pioneers of the guitar, all of whom are among the biggest influences on my approach to playing the instrument. On the album, I

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The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

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