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Petteri Sariola, guitar in hand interview during the 2023 MIGS
Thursday, 08 June 2023
Finnish acoustic guitarist Petteri Sariola (petterisariola.fi) was one of the musicians scheduled to perform at the 2023 MIGS. I had the great pleasure of receiving him for a guitar-in-hand interview on the The Guitar Channel booth in the middle of the show. Petteri Sariola interview Audio version available on The Guitar Channel Radio for premium
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Dominic Miller, guitar in hand interview to talk about his superb “Vagabond” album
Thursday, 04 May 2023
Dominic Miller (dominicmiller.com) is a musician who has been playing with Sting for 33 years! So you've probably heard him without knowing it. He co-wrote Shape of My Heart with Sting, one of his mega hits. The Argentinean-born guitarist is releasing a superb new solo album in 2023 called Vagabond. Dominic Miller interview Interview available
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Allen Hinds, guitar in hand interview at his Los Angeles home
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Allen Hinds (allenhinds.com) is an amazing musician, already met at NAMM 2019, here he is this time in an interview at his home right after NAMM 2022. The shooting of this guitar in hand interview took place in his Laurel Canyon house in Los Angeles. His brand new album The Good Fight will normally be
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Victor Lee guitar in hand interview with the Korean born American musician
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Met via Clubhouse, Victor Lee (victorleemusic.com) is a Korean born musician who came to the US at the age of 16. His instrumental music is awesome, he plays great and the production is very well done. In addition Victor plays on the great American guitars from Suhr and Tom Anderson so he has obviously very
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David Grissom guitar in hand interview to share his views on music and guitar
Monday, 07 June 2021
David Grissom is an American musician who has accompanied Joe Ely, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others, as well as led a solo career. Endorsed by PRS Guitars with his own signature model, here he is in a guitar in hand interview for a retrospective of his career filled with anecdotes and guitar licks. David
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First met in 2018 at NAMM, Sean Ashe (seanashemusic.com) is an American musician with a strong melodic sense. He has released a new single called Ocean on May 15, 2021, 5 years after his album Flux. It is guitar in hand (a Tom Anderson of course!) that he answered all my questions from his home
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Ben Eunson, guitar in hand interview with the Australian musician based in NYC
Monday, 26 April 2021
Through Jeff McErlain (whom I would like to thank in passing) I did the interview of Ben Eunson (beneunson.com) below guitar in hand with this young Australian guitarist based in New York City. It was a blast to to record this video with this amazing musician. Ben Eunson interview The Guitar Channel podcast The audio
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Cory Wong, guitar in hand interview with the Funk musician from Vulfpeck
Monday, 19 April 2021
Cory Wong (corywongmusic.com) is one of those guitarists who make you tap your foot immediately because of his incredible sense of groove. Whether it's through his solo albums or with Vulfpeck or Fearless Flyers, this guitar Funk master takes you in an irresistible whirlwind. Here he is in an interview with his guitar in hand
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Greg Howe guitar in hand interview from Shrapnel to Michael Jackson and more
Monday, 12 April 2021
The American guitar player Greg Howe has played with huge pop stars from Michael Jackson to Justin Timberlake, Enrique Iglesias and more. His career as a solo artist or within a band has also been very rich. Here is a guitar in hand interview from his home in Oklahoma. The two other interviews with Greg
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Snarky Puppy Mark Lettieri interview about The Baritone Sessions Vol.2
Monday, 05 April 2021
The Texas based guitar player Mark Lettieri (marklettieri.com) who plays with Snarky Puppy among many projects is the guest of this guitar in hand interview recorded from his home studio. The occasion was the release of his new solo album The Baritone Sessions Vol.2. Mark goes through his composition process and walks through the conception
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Zane Carney, guitar in hand presents Alter Ego, the album of his quartet
Monday, 22 March 2021
Zane Carney (zanecarney.com) is an American guitar player who accompanied people like John Mayer or Jonny Lang on tour. He is now moving more and more toward working on his own music. Alter Ego is the album of his quartet. It is full of ferocious Jazz as Zane puts it himself. Here is a guitar
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Popa Chubby interview guitar in hand about his album Tinfoil Hat
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Here is a guitar in hand video interview with the American musicien Popa Chubby well known to usually 200 shows per year. He presents his latest album Tinfoil Hat and how he has adapted to the pandemic situation. Take a listen to the album as I think it is one of the best Popa Chubby
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Gus G talks about his Blackfire pickups and let you win a set of humbuckers!
Monday, 01 March 2021
The Greek guitar player Gus G who played with Ozzy Osbourne and now leads his own band Firewind launches his brand of guitar pickups, Blackfire (blackfirepickups.com). In this guitar in hand interview he demonstrates the two types of models, the Immortal (passive) and the Proteus (active) and talks about his current projects. Win a pair
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Ariel Posen guitar in hand interview about his album “Headway”
Friday, 26 February 2021
It was a blast to record this interview with the Canadian musician Ariel Posen (arielposen.com). His new album Headway is will be released on March 5th 2021. It is full of great songs with some awesome guitar playing. During this guitar in hand interview, Ariel Posen speaks about his composition process, how he records, how
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Adam Levy, guitar in hand interview from Brooklyn, New-York
Thursday, 25 February 2021
The great American guitar player Adam Levy (adamlevy.com) was the guest of this guitar in hand live interview recorded via Zoom. He showcases a gorgeous archtop Gibson L-7 from 1945 and talk about his latest projects. Adam Levy interview The Guitar Channel podcast The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on
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The French musician Sylvain Luc recorded a superb album with Renaud Letang, he came to talk about it with his guitar in hand to explain the composition and recording process. Sylvain Luc interview Activate the sub-titles in Englishin the YouTube viewer Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Jeff McErlain guitar in hand interview from Brooklyn with Robben Ford sideman
Monday, 11 January 2021
Jeff McErlain (jeffmcerlain.com) is a professional American guitar player who plays very often with the great Robben Ford. In fact in 2019, Jeff released the album titled Now where Robben is featured in all tracks, some of which he composed. Here is a guitar in hand interview recorded via Zoom from his studio in Brooklyn,
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Aaron Marshall interview, guitar player for Intervals, great Metal Prog band
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Aaron Marshall is the guitar player and mastermind behind the Canadian Metal Prog band Intervals (intervalsmusic.net). Here is a Zoom guitar in hand interview recorded the day before the release of their new album Circadian. Aaron Marshall interview The Guitar Channel podcast The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes,
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In the live interviews series, here is Andy Timmons (andytimmons.com), an American musician whose sense of melody is always present with a glorious guitar tone. Andy answered all my questions with his guitar in hand, and in particular about his song That Day Came, which was discussed in this article. Andy Timmons guitar in hand
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Davy Knowles guitar in hand interview at the PRS booth – NAMM 2020
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Davy Knowles is a great guitar player who has been endorsed by PRS Guitars for many years now. It was a lot of fun to record this guitar in hand interview during the 2020 Winter NAMM show. Davy Knowles interview The Guitar Channel podcast with Davy Knowles The audio version of the video is available
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Joseph Yun, guitar in hand interview at the Musicians Institute Hollywood
Monday, 25 May 2020
Thanks to my luthier friend Isaac Jang, I was able to meet Joseph Yun (josephyunmusic.com), a young talented guitar players. As he is a former student of the Musicians Institute Hollywood, we recorded this guitar in hand interview in the school. Joseph Yun interview guitar in hand The Guitar Channel podcast with Joseph Yun The
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Dave Phillips interview at L.A. Sound Design in Burbank, Los Angeles
Friday, 13 March 2020
Thanks to the nice people at the L.A. Vintage Gear store, I was able to meet Dave Phillips from L.A. Sound Design (lasounddesign.net) who has his workshop right next door. Dave is a great pedalboard and rack builder who has worked for many guitar super stars from Mike Landau to Scott Henderson. Dave Phillips interview
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Paul Reed Smith guitar in hand interview at the 2020 Winter NAMM
Wednesday, 04 March 2020
Here is a new interview with Paul Reed Smith recorded during the 2020 Winter NAMM in the PRS booth. We talked about his recent stay in France and many other subjects. Paul Reed Smith interview The Guitar Channel podcast The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until
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Marcus King, guitar in hand interview before his Paris concert
Tuesday, 03 March 2020
Marcus King (marcuskingband.com) is not even 25 years old and already asserts himself as an incredible talented singer guitarist. In collaboration with Radio Perfecto Rock (radioperfecto.fr), here is a guitar in hand interview carried out in his dressing room at the L'Alhambra concert hall just before his Parisian concert on March 1, 2020. As a
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Alexandr Misko guitar in hand interview with the young Russian phenomenon of percussive guitar
Friday, 29 November 2019
It was a blast to record this guitar in hand interview with the young Russian Alexandr Misko (alexandrmisko.com) who was in Paris in our showroom. Check out his album Roundtrip (to be released on Nov. 26th 2019)! If you want to get a taste of modern acoustic percussive guitar playing, here's a monster musician for
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Mike Moreno guitar in hand interview in Paris in our showroom – Part 2/2
Monday, 21 October 2019
Second part of the in-depth guitar in hand interview of the great Jazz guitarist Mike Moreno (mikemoreno.com) recorded at The Guitar Channel showroom in Paris, France during the American musician's visit to Europe. The first part of the interview is available in this article. Mike Moreno guitar in hand interview The Guitar Channel podcast The
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Mike Moreno guitar in hand interview in Paris in our showroom – Part 1/2
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Mike Moreno is a great Jazz guitarist that The Guitar Channel could meet several times thanks to an introduction from Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert (Jazz musician and regular columnist on our website). Mike being in Paris for a few days of vacation after a long summer tour in Canada, China, Japan and Italy, stopped at the showroom
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Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was in Paris between two masterclasses in Europe, here he is in guitar in hand. A unique opportunity to see Ron shred on T-Bone Walker 1949 ES-5N Gibson! Summary of the complete article The complete video of the interview What Ron did since the last interview His first guitar riff His first
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Kirk Fletcher guitar in hand interview with T-Bone Walker 1949 Gibson ES-5N
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
The American musician Kirk Fletcher was in Paris in June. A great opportunity to do a Guitar in Hand interview with this guitarist who regularly plays with Joe Bonamassa in addition to his personal projects. Kirk Fletcher interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown interview – 1931 National guitar in hand
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Tyler Bryant is the singer guitarist of the band The Shakedown who rocks the stages with a very effective and powerful Rock Blues. They have recently been opening for AC/DC and Guns'N Roses. Tyler was visiting Paris to promote their new album Truth and Lies. It was an opportunity to do an interview guitar in
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