Marnie Stern

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Marnie Stern holding her Fender Jazzmaster

“As a tapping player, you don’t want to be thought of as Yngwie Malmsteen. You wanna show the broken, punk-rock ‘Oops-my-finger-slipped-there-whatever’ sloppiness”: Marnie Stern is back to make math rock scrappy again

By Matt Parker published

After a 10-year stint playing in front of millions as the house guitarist on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the queen of two-hand tapping has returned – and not before time

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Juho Ranta-Maunus playing guitar in the music video for The Drift

A Young Guitarist of the Year returns and Toto’s Africa meets extreme metal: This week’s essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen published

Fresh new tunes you need to check out this week, from Juho Ranta-Maunus and Marnie Stern to U2 and Bernie Marsden

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Interview: Guitarist Marnie Stern on Finger Tapping and the Importance of Perserverance

By Anna Blumenthal published

Since her first album was released on Kill Rock Stars in 2007, New York-based guitar player Marnie Stern has garnered loads of attention for her playing style, consisting mostly of finger tapping.

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