Do you need an expensive guitar to play music? (No, but read on anyway … ).

Why Songs For Separation was released in physical form only.

Songs For Separation Listening Notes

Notes on the recording of what will become the Test Pieces album …

Why from The Beatles to Oasis, the music business keeps trying to sell you what you already own.

What makes the guitar and guitar-based music emotionally resonant and culturally valuable?

Why conspiracy theories flourish in uncertain times, and why times are always uncertain.

We decide to write a children’s book as a pandemic project: The Magic Blanket!

AJ explains why I ♥ Manchester was written and recorded the day after the Manchester Arena Bombings.

A friend gives me some advice …

From Paganini to the Blues to Stormzy, music has always been sold on authenticity. What is it, and why is this concept a lie.

Recording the music that became Northumbria