Nancy Wilson

AS THE STALWART acoustic and electric guitar player and co-songwriter in Heart, Nancy Wilson has been a part of our collective six-string consciousness for more than four decades. And while Wilson has also played with the Heart offshoot the Lovemongers, the r&b-drenched Roadcase Royale and scored a handful of feature films, it took until 2021 for the iconic musician and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to finally get around to releasing a solo album.

But that effort, the just-released , has been well worth the wait. Featuring a mix of Wilson originals, a handful of somewhat left-field covers (Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer,” Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” Pearl Jam’s “Daughter,” the Cranberries’ “Dreams”) and a set-closing tribute to Eddie Van Halen (the acoustic instrumental “4 Edward”), the new effort sees the 67-year-old guitarist still working at a creative high. What’s more, she also recently collaborated with Gibson on her second signature model, the Epiphone Fanatic, is gearing up [as of this writing] for a July performance with