Author Archives: Kate Lewis

A great (brief) interview with the legendary Carole Kaye over at Guitarplayer.com.  Kaye began her career as a jazz guitarists, but became perhaps most well know for her work as a bass player and member of The Wrecking Crew, an LA-based … Continue reading →

A great one-day research seminar at the University of Surrey’s International Guitar Research Centre in October. Was happy to be asked to present a paper on the playing style of Mary Osborne, perhaps the only female to gain commercial success … Continue reading →

Had an amazing week in Hong Kong at the Altamira International Guitar Symposium in in July, where I presented a research paper on my framework for popular guitar analysis.  . The research symposium was a wonderful event, bringing together guitarists … Continue reading →

June 3rd 1897 – August 6, 1973 One of my favourite MM solo’s is from ‘Looking the World Over’ (1941)…… listen @ 1:45

I have had a new article published in the online journal PopScriptum. The latest Volume is entitled “Sound, Sex and Sexisim” https://www2.hu-berlin.de/fpm/popscrip/themen/pst12/index.htm   “In the penultimate article, Kate Lewis deals with the gendered connotations of guitar in popular music. In … Continue reading →

Was invited to present some of my PhD research on the playing styles of pioneering female lead guitar players at a conference in Australia last month, entitled “Instrument of Change: The International Rise of the Guitar (c. 1870-1945)”. The conference, … Continue reading →