02/18/2026
Sue Foley’s book is *done*. Her PhD in Musicology from York University, is complete too.
A huge congratulations is to be offered up, on this amazing work, which took very many years to accomplish. 🙂
Musical side note:
I think 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 “𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧' 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧” from 2000.
So, if you want a place to start, for learning about 𝐡𝐞𝐫 music, that is the one I recommend.
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It’s official.
My long-anticipated book, Guitar Women: Conversations and Life Lessons with Six String Heroines, is now available for pre-order.
Pre Order Guitar Women Book:
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Seeing it live on Amazon, cover and all, is surreal. This book has lived in my head, my notebooks, and my hard drive for years. Holding it in public for the first time is 🤯
Here’s what it’s about:
Every generation carries myths about the guitar. Who gets to hold it. Who gets to define it. What it means to play it. Guitar Women moves past those myths through intimate conversations with women who shaped the instrument’s sound and story.
Part oral history, part memoir, part cultural reckoning, the book spans generations and genres, featuring artists like Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Wilson, Charo, Suzi Quatro, Joan Armatrading, and Sharon Isbin.
Writing from the inside, as a touring guitarist, I approach these conversations as lived experience. What emerges is a lineage built on persistence, artistry, and devotion to the instrument, told in the artists’ own words.
Official release date: May 12
Published by Sutherland House (Toronto)
This is just the beginning. More soon.
Pre Order Guitar Women Book:
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