VOL. 44 | NO. 9 | SEPTEMBER 2023
WELCOMES... AND FAREWELLS
Sophie Lloyd to the cover club. It’s a joy to watch — or to witness — guitarists spring up, basically out of nowhere, to achieve such high levels of acclaim in this, um, in 2011, and I’ve witnessed a few bright careers in the making, including cover stars Billy Strings, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jake Kiszka, Rob Scallon and Wolfgang Van Halen (although, hmmm, Wolf share a cover with this dad in 2008). BTW, I’d add the amazing Nita Strauss to this list, but she was definitely doing her thing before 2011.
