“The Goldtop Les Paul was the first guitar I bought leading into the Harry rehearsals. I played SNL with it – and every night since”: Mitch Rowland on treading the line between pop superstars and sublime folk fingerstyle – and why touring doesn’t add-up

Mitch Rowland playing an acoustic guitar onstage at The Fillmore on February 25, 2024 in San Francisco, California.

“I got really lucky,” Mitch Rowland reflects on his incredible journey, which led to an eight-year collaboration with Harry Styles, culminating in a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2023, for Harry's House.

As one of pop's biggest stars, Styles' band is where Rowland found his groove. “The guitar player who was meant to be there couldn't make it at the last minute. So I got invited. I think our spark is what made the project last,” he shares.