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Why Nels Cline fell in love with Jazzmasters
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Wilco guitarist explains the enduring appeal – and remarkable endurance – of his Jazzmaster, a guitar for all seasons

White Denim’s James Petralli has learned to roll with rock’s punches
By Matt Parker published
The sonic architect has been the one constant of White Denim’s 13-album rollercoaster – he tells us how he’s lasted the ride, and how it’s changed him as a player

Nels Cline was about to get a day job before Jeff Tweedy changed his life and asked him to join Wilco
By Matt Owen published
Cline was about to look at alternative income streams before Tweedy came out of the blue and asked him to join Wilco

Watch Derek Trucks and Nels Cline bring different worlds of lead guitar greatness together in stunning live call-and-response duel with Wilco
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Chicago alt-rock lifers invited the Tedeschi Trucks Band slide ace to the stage in St. Augustine, Florida for a version of their fan favorite extended guitar workout, Impossible Germany

Watch Wilco’s Nels Cline perform a hair-raising guest solo onstage with Japanese Breakfast
By Matt Parker published
The guitarist joined Michelle Zauner at the close of her set at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival this weekend

Wilco announce mega 21-track album, Cruel Country, share snappy lead single, Falling Apart (Right Now)
By Matt Owen published
The LP, which will be performed in its entirety at this year's Solid Sound Festival, arrives May 27 via dBpm Records

Nels Cline: "I had no desire to gyrate and hump my amplifier and set my guitar on fire – I wanted to take a modest path"
By Jacob Uitti published
The guitarist's guitarist on his musical beginnings, favorite guitars, the secret to Wilco's longevity and his stunningly diverse 2020 solo album, Share the Wealth

From returning riff titans to Spaghetti Western blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published
The freshest cuts from Alter Bridge, Tom Morello and Slash, Nels Cline, Indigo Sparke and oh-so-many more…

JAM Pedals launches limited, signed stompboxes from Nels Cline, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather and many more to raise funds for COVID-19 relief
By Richard Bienstock published
The Lending a Hand initiative will help music professionals affected by the pandemic

Nels Cline Breaks Down His Latest Genre-Busting Side Project and New Album, 'Currents, Constellations'
By Richard Bienstock published
"I don’t know what it is. I like to call it fusion, just to piss people off.” Wilco's Nels Cline discusses how his wildly eclectic new album with Julian Lage and the Nels Cline 4 came to be.
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