JUNE 2024
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NO ONE HAS lit up the guitar community — excluding Nuno Bettencourt with his breathtaking “Rise” guitar solo last year — quite like Matteo Mancuso. The 27-year-old Sicilian released his first album, The Journey, last summer and would be the first to admit his life has become a bit of a blur ever since, from the onslaught of tutorial videos dissecting his fingerstyle method to ending up as the most talked about musician at this year’s NAMM Show.