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Yasmin Williams playing acoustic guitar, with the Guitar World Essential Guitar Tracks logo overlayed

’90s alt-rock giants unite and blink-182 make a surprisingly heavy return: this week’s essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Parker, Jackson Maxwell published

Tasty new guitar tracks that need to be on your radar from Johnny Marr, Yasmin Williams, Art of Anarchy, The Vaccines, Bleachers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Chelsea Wolfe and more

Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan (left) and Scott Holiday perform at The Warfield on November 11, 2021 in San Francisco, California

From Blink-182's powerchord-fueled return to eerie psychedelic soul: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Sam Roche, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Owen, Jackson Maxwell published

We're spoiled for choice this week, with spicy new songs from Rival Sons, Architects, The Arcs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gojira, Wunderhorse, Wild Pink & Yasmin Williams, Dry Cleaning, and more

Yasmin Williams plays a Gibson EDS-1275 doubleneck guitar

Watch Yasmin Williams demonstrate her signature lap-tapping technique on an Epiphone G-1275 doubleneck guitar

By Jackson Maxwell published

The up-and-coming acoustic guitar hero seamlessly applied her own distinct approach to this none-more-rock-n-roll instrument

Yasmin Williams performs at the Avalon Theater in Easton, Maryland on August 13, 2021

Watch Yasmin Williams put on a technical and melodic display for the ages in breathtaking NPR Tiny Desk performance

By Jackson Maxwell published

The four-song set shows Williams fingerpicking, tapping (with her fingers and sometimes a mallet hammer), and sliding her way through gorgeous standouts from her catalog

Sleep Token perform at Trinity Centre on January 23, 2020 in Bristol, England

From feasts of heavy metal fire to folk-rock perfection: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Owen published

Indulge yourself in guitar-heavy goodness from Trivium, Sleep Token, Big Thief, Slow Crush, Machine Gun Kelly, Yasmin Williams and more

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Yasmin Williams' astonishing fingerpicking prowess shines through on her exquisite new instrumental, Virga

By Jackson Maxwell published

Be the first to see the rising acoustic star perform the piece at Third Man Records

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Yasmin Williams: "Don’t just look at the guitar as this thing to play four chords on. They're multi-dimensional – they’re like eight instruments in one"

By Amit Sharma published

The acoustic fingerstyle prodigy picks apart her innovative approach to playing, breaking the boundaries of conventional acoustic technique and her eye-popping Skytop six-string