“He influenced Jimi Hendrix, Prince… John Mayer once told me, ‘Yeah, you just play how you are,’ and he played in a gentle soft-spoken kind of way”: Ella Feingold reveals the unsung guitar hero that every up-and-coming guitarist should learn from

Ella Feingold playing a Hagstrom guitar.

Ella Feingold's guitar chops have graced the records (and stages) of many big-name artists, including Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Erykah Badu, and Janet Jackson, to name just a few.

And with a new album of duets with jazz icon Charlie Hunter and a solo project in the pipeline, Feingold took the time to reflect on her roots and the guitarists who inspired her.