12 guitarists who changed the game over the past 12 months

[L-R] H.E.R., Nandi Bushell, Diamond Rowe, Phoebe Bridgers and Lari Basilio
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In a year beset by a global crisis, one of the most gratifying, triumphant pieces of music news came from, of all places, the Grammy awards. For the first time ever, the Best Rock Performance category was made up of all-female nominees, among them HAIM, Brittany Howard, Grace Potter, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple and the Adrianne Lenker-fronted Big Thief.

It’s perhaps the most concrete example yet of the changing face of rock music, and by extension guitar playing, in popular culture.

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