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The Foley Files

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“How Can You Make a Cult Figure of Robert Johnson, Who Recorded 30 Sides, and Ignore Memphis Minnie, Who Recorded 200?” Del Rey Speaks up About Female Guitar History “Girls are just empowered to do whatever they want to do now… It’s a good thing,” says the blues virtuoso
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Rosie Flores Explains Why Giving Up Just Isn’t an Option The rockabilly firebrand talks discovering the guitar and her lifelong passion for music making.
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Joanne Shaw Taylor Opens Up About the Challenges She Faced as a Young Female Guitarist With her new long-player 'The Blues Album' due out next month we look back at the British blues sensation’s formative years.

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Debbie Davies perform as part of the Santa Cruz Blues Festival at Aptos Village Park on May 30, 1993 in Mountain View California.

Debbie Davies Talks Life on the Road with Blues Legend Albert Collins

By Sue Foley last updated 3 September 21

Video Backing one of her heroes “was a dream come true” says the guitarist.

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Joanne Shaw Taylor

Joanne Shaw Taylor Opens Up About the Challenges She Faced as a Young Female Guitarist

By Sue Foley published 20 August 21

Video With her new long-player 'The Blues Album' due out next month we look back at the British blues sensation’s formative years.

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Muriel Anderson on Improvisation, Her Unique Hybrid Acoustic Technique and the Search for New Sounds

By Sue Foley last updated 21 July 21

How Muriel Anderson rode a childhood dream to a long-running success.

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Tere Estrada on the Hidden Histories of Her Sisterhood of Sirens, Rock Music Sociology and Her Playing Philosophy

By Sue Foley published 9 October 20

Guitarist and author Tere Estrada uncovers the lost women of Mexican rock.

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Erja Lyytinen on Influences, Conservatory Schooling and Digging Deeper Into Blues History

By Sue Foley published 12 June 20

Finnish blues-rock phenom Erja Lyytinen walks us through her journey with the guitar, from music school to the stage.

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Sharon Isbin on Classical Music's Guitar Problem, Self-Expression and Seeing Her Guitar as a Troubadour

By Sue Foley published 28 May 20

As a phenomenally gifted musician and teacher, Sharon Isbin is changing the way people perceive classical guitar.

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