Rolling Stone & D’Addario Announce 30 Best Young Guitarists of 2014

In an effort to welcome a new generation of players, Rolling Stone partnered with D'Addario to identify up-and-comers with the potential to become the next class of guitar legends.

The list, curated by Rolling Stone’s top editors, features 30 notable players, introducing one new artist each week. The artists highlighted were profiled and interviewed, and viewers are able to experience their inspiring perfomances via video and audio clips.

Additionally, seven of these musicians were chosen to participate in Guitar Power, a D’Addario-sponsored video jam session and interview with guitarist Matt Sweeney, which is also posted within the Young Guns hub. Those featured were Tosin Abasi, Kurt Vile, Dave Harrington, Theresa Wayman, Blake Mills, Steve Gunn, and Kerry McCoy.

“To be able to highlight so many great young guitarists that might never have received such attention in Rolling Stone has been incredible,” says Jeffrey Kaye, Global Artist Relations Direction at D’Addario & Co., Inc.

The full list of Rolling Stone Young Guns is as follows:

April 28^th: Guthrie Trapp

May 5^th: Derek Miller (Sleigh Bells)

May 12^th: Adam Granduciel (The War on Drugs)

May 19^th: Jackie Green

May 27^th: James Petralli (White Denim)

June 2^nd: Marnie Stern

June 9^th: William Tyler

June 16^th: Chris Letchford (Scale the Summit)

June 23^rd: Bombino

June 30^th: Gary Clark Jr.

July 7^th: Evan P. Donohue, Brent Toler, Evan Bird, and Emmett Miller (Diarrhea Planet)

July 14^th: Sean Kennedy (Blood Ceremony)

July 21^st: Tobin Abasi & Javier Reyes (Animals as Leaders)

July 28^th: Dave Harrington (Darkside)

August 4^th: Erik Nelson (Vektor)

August 11^th: Kurt Vile

August 18^th: Kevin Parker (Tame Impala)

August 25^th: Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females)

September 2^nd: Blake Mills

September 8^th: Jordan Cook (Reignwolf)

September 15^th: Angel Olsen

September 22^nd Misha Mansoor (Periphery)

September 29^th: Theresa Wayman (Warpaint)

October 6^th: Steve Gunn

October 14^th: Ty Segall

October 20^th: Mark McGuire

Octover 27^th: J.D. Simo

November 3^rd: Johan Wieth (Iceage)

November 10^th: Kerry McCoy (Deafheaven)

December 9^th: Marcus Machado (The Next Young Gun Contest Winner)