Ellie Rogers
Since graduating university with a degree in English, Ellie has spent the last decade working in a variety of media, marketing and live events roles. As well as being a regular contributor to Total Guitar, MusicRadar and GuitarWorld.com, she currently heads up the marketing team of a mid-scale venue in the south-west of England. She started dabbling with guitars around the age of seven and has been borderline obsessed ever since. She has a particular fascination with alternate tunings, is forever hunting for the perfect slide for the smaller-handed guitarist, and derives a sadistic pleasure from bothering her drummer mates with a preference for “f**king wonky” time signatures.
Latest articles by Ellie Rogers
Volbeat's Michael Poulsen: “I’ve been asked if I want to have any guitar lessons, and I say, ‘No f**king way,’ because it might ruin what I’ve got”
By Ellie Rogers published
The power of the Danish rockers comes from Poulsen’s mighty riffs. But as a self-taught player, he admits: “I’m pretty terrible at solos!”
Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer on the high-tech modelling solutions and innovative guitar behind the band's breakout album, Eternal Blue
By Ellie Rogers published
The modern metal man waxes lyrical about the Neural DSP Quad Cortex and his Aristides axe, and reveals how he used both to record Eternal Blue in an Airbnb kitchen
The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel: “I’ve never strayed too far from having the amp shake the room and playing simple chords with some cool sounds”
By Ellie Rogers published
Granduciel discusses his long courtship of the Fender Jazzmaster, finding room for experimentation and why he loves to record with a “magical guitar”
Don Broco's Si Delaney on heavy riffs inspiring angry lyrics and why he wants to be buried with a Marshall JCM800
By Ellie Rogers published
The English rock outfit's new album, Amazing Things, uses their typically high-energy approach, and as Delaney explains, it's built on Marshall crunch
Samantha Fish: ”I’m finding modern tones to incorporate with the blues and rock ’n’ roll”
By Ellie Rogers published
Pushing the boundaries of blues-rock with new album Faster, the Kansas City six-stringer is bringing her pop influences to the fore, and finding tone magic in a small combo driven hard
Jake Bugg on resisting the urge for a guitar adventure – and why his number one acoustic is made from a kitchen table
By Ellie Rogers published
The English singer-songwriter talks vintage guitars, songwriting and the importance of enjoying your work
How John Mayer came to join Dead & Company
By Ellie Rogers published
Mayer's journey as a Deadhead was like many who got into the band after the fact – except he soon found himself onstage beside Bob Weir and a custodian of the Grateful Dead's legacy
Cedric Burnside: “Hill country blues hardly ever uses the I-IV-V. It’s off the beaten path, it’s unorthodox, it’s unpredictable“
By Ellie Rogers published
Burnside on being born into the blues and the fingerstyle authenticity behind his bare-bones approach to guitar
Tigercub's Jamie Hall: "The lower the tuning, the bigger the riff!"
By Ellie Rogers published
The Brighton alt-rocker details his love of drop tunings, mercurial time signatures and big riffs
Emily Wolfe: “I love to just go off live, but on the record it's going to be out there forever, so I need to make sure every note matters”
By Ellie Rogers published
Armed with a signature guitar and monster pedalboard, Wolfe ventures beyond blues on her experimental second album, Outlier
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