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The face of solo guitar is changing. It's about time.


The face of solo guitar is changing. It s about time.
Guitarist Yasmin Williams in Washington, April 18, 2021. Since the heyday of John Fahey, the genre of solo guitar has been seen as the province of white men. A new generation of diverse players is rapidly changing that. Amr Alfiky/The New York Times.
by Grayson Haver Currin
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Before Yasmin Williams became a teenager, she found her perfect sport: “Guitar Hero,” the dizzying video game where aging rock staples enjoyed an unlikely second life through players wielding plastic controllers fashioned after vintage Gibsons.
Williams’ parents purchased the game for her two older brothers, but the suburban D.C. family soon realized she was the household champion. “They would try to beat me,” Williams said on a recent afternoon in the sunroom of her grandmother Marsha’s home, near where she grew up. “But they couldn’t.” ....

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The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It's About Time.


The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time.
Since the heyday of John Fahey, the genre has been seen as the province of white men. A new generation of diverse players is rapidly changing that.
Yasmin Williams, one of the country’s most imaginative young solo guitarists, makes music that represents a break with the form’s stoic traditions.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
By Grayson Haver Currin
April 28, 2021Updated 1:39 p.m. ET
Before Yasmin Williams became a teenager, she found her perfect sport: “Guitar Hero,” the dizzying video game where aging rock staples enjoyed an unlikely second life through players wielding plastic controllers fashioned after vintage Gibsons. ....

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