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Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists

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Singer-songwriter and guitarist Joan Armatrading talks to leading guitarists about their music and guitar technique

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Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists - Bert Jansch

Joan meets Bert Jansch, widely acknowledged as one of the most influential musicians of all time and who continues to be revered as the master guitarist of folk music.

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Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists - Bonnie Raitt

Joan talks to American blues singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, one of the few women to achieve fame as a blues guitarist.

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Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists - John Williams

Joan meets classical guitarist John Williams. He plays different music from across the centuries to illustrate the differences between classical and other forms of guitar music.

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Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists - Mark Knopfler

Joan talks to Mark Knopfler, lead guitarist of Dire Straits. Knopfler is considered by many to be the most respected intricate 'fingerstyle' guitarist of the modern rock era.

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Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists - Russell Lissack

Joan meets Russell Lissack of indie-rock band Bloc Party. He shows how far modern technology has influenced guitar playing in the wake of the psychedelic experiments of the 1960s.

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