“in bloom”

A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most

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Serial part 4

This month…

Away from his day job as The National’s lugubrious frontman, MATT BERNINGER has reached back into his Ohio upbringing for a ruminative new solo record. But behind the childhood tales of gang fights, drowned train cars and Christmas tree farms lurks midlife melancholy. “I’m writing about trying to understand my own fear,” he tells Laura Barton

Blues lifer Robin Trower on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.