Andy Summers Interview: Guitars, The Police and Mudra Hand Gestures
It is a daunting and perhaps completely irrelevant task, in the context of a guitar magazine, to attempt to write an introduction to an interview with Andy Summers.
It is a daunting and perhaps completely irrelevant task, in the context of a guitar magazine, to attempt to write an introduction to an interview with Andy Summers.
Over the years, blues-rock artist, Linwood Taylor, has forged ahead nailing down gigs, improving his game and building a reputation as an A-list musician in the Washington, D.C. area with a deep music history rarely fully appreciated.
Guitar International and the masterful singer-songwriter, producer, author and music historian-presenter, Rod MacDonald, continue our conversation about Rod’s music career, including challenges, lessons learned, and reinventing or re-strategizing his approach to changes in the music business.
A masterful and prolific singer-songwriter, author, workshop lecturer, and noted music history presenter, Rod MacDonald, is one of the most creative, hard working and entertaining entrepreneur you’re likely to meet.
Valeria Stewart has been making waves in the venues around the Washington, D.C. music scene for years developing an enviable musical footprint with her well-crafted accessible music. And most recently, her 2025 release, Raices | Roots, (Antidote Sounds) has hit the #2 spot on the Roots Music Report (RMR) World Album chart.
The explosive guitar work of Jon Butcher ripped through the airwaves when he arrived on the music scene. And his heavy hitting vocals tied to his hard driving melodies offered, and still offer his fans a full force musical gale to get them pumped and rockin’…
One word that helps define multi-instrumentalist, session musician and more is “collaborator”. As a working musician and a superb talent, Knox Chandler has worked with some artists that helped form the contours of punk, as well as New Wave music.
The Bryds were fronted by Roger McGuinn on vocals and his chimey 12-string Rickenbacker. The group laid down the gauntlet with a string of singles with McGuinn’s signature “jingle jangle” guitar work shining through with strong melodic undercurrents.
Jose’ Feliciano runs with that pack, and on any given day he just might be the leader. He can vamp Hendrix, lay down Atkins riffs, intrigue us with Segovia classical moves, play flamenco with a velvet crush, light our fires and adorn our Christmas spirits with seasonal hipness and universal love.
We’re living in a time where artists who learned music are retiring from their day jobs and retain a spark of creativity re-energized by the free-time allowed when their nine to five hour jobs have vanished. Like singer-songwriter, Jim Fowler, they return to their imaginings with more life-experiences and a more urgent need to speak out in song
