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“Anti-colonialist anguish, hope, joy and the search for connection, all through his guitar. That’s what makes a guitar hero”: Guitarists of the Year 2024 – the players who took 2024 by storm

“Anti-colonialist anguish, hope, joy and the search for connection, all through his guitar. That’s what makes a guitar hero”: Guitarists of the Year 2024 – the players who took 2024 by storm

Okay, it’s time to run the ticker tape: we’re paying tribute to the guitar players who made 2024 their own. Whether on the acoustic guitar or pushing the envelope on a high-performance electric guitar, these are the players who stopped us in our tracks.

And while there are some familiar faces – two of which made this past year the one in which they finally collaborate on record after decades of friendship – there are a lot of players who are just coming to our attention now, and others who are only at the start of their guitar-playing journey.

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