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Janelle Borg

“You don’t want the soul to be detached from things because you’ll just have gratuitous shredding”: Marcus King on the current state of the guitar scene – and why there's hope for the future

Marcus King performs at the Brooklyn Paramount on October 13, 2024 in New York City.

Marcus King has fashioned himself as a quasi-old-school style player, favoring the ebb and flow of emotion and storytelling-driven playing – a stark contrast to the social media guitar landscape that prizes speed, agility, and the flashiest of flashy solos.

“Other people might have a larger vocabulary, and they’re going to speak more eloquently,” he says simply, when Guitarist asks him about the current guitar scene.

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