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Life on the Fretboard with Michael Watts

by The Fretboard Journal

With each episode of Life on the Fretboard, British guitarist, filmmaker and writer Michael Watts interviews extraordinary individuals from the world of guitars. Life on the Fretboard is part of the Fretboard Journal podcast network.

Latest episodes

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Andy McKee

Andy McKee exploded to prominence in 2006 with this video of his track "Drifting," released on the nascent CandyRat record label. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4M

Sep 18
58 min

Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson is a true icon of the global acoustic music scene. As a guitarist, he has done a huge amount to push the boundaries of the acoustic steel string instrument

Sep 11 2025
1 h 27 min

Rob Luft

Rob Luft is a rising star of the European jazz guitar scene whose intricate and lyrical playing melds textures from around the world into a striking musical voice. Rob is

Nov 7 2024
1 h 07 min

Claire Tole-Moir: Superstar Guitar Auctioneer

Claire Tole-Moir is Head of Popular Culture at Bonhams, the world-famous auction house in London. On a daily basis, she is in direct contact with some of the most iconi

Sep 16 2024
46 min

Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)

Lord of the Les Paul and Mariscal of the Marshall Stack, Scott Gorham shot to worldwide prominence with the legendary rock band Thin Lizzy. He created what would become k

Jun 18 2024
1 h 08 min

Derek Gripper

Derek Gripper plays Malian Kora music on a vintage Hermann Hauser classical guitar...and if that doesn't get your attention, nothing will!  John Williams himself descri

Apr 11 2024
56 min

Jocelyn Gould

Canadian-born Jocelyn Gould is a JUNO award-winning guitarist, vocalist, composer and professor of jazz studies who performs at the highest international levels. Jocely

Feb 27 2024
53 min

Adrian Utley (Portishead)

Adrian Utley is one of the most versatile and creative musicians the UK has produced. His work with artists such as Jeff Beck, Patti Smith and Glenn Branca is testament t

Jan 9 2024
1 h 05 min

Little Barrie Cadogan

Barrie Cadogan (also known as "Little Barrie") is one of the world's first call electric guitarists when it comes to classic soul, rock, punk, and rhythm & blues. He has

Dec 5 2023
1 h 01 min

Wizz Jones

Bruce Springsteen and Thurston Moore adore his work and rightly so...Wizz Jones is a lynchpin of the UK folk blues guitar scene and has been since the early 1960s. When L

Oct 27 2023
1 h 15 min

Emma Tricca

Emma Tricca is a massively talented singer-songwriter, a poet, and beautiful fingerstyle guitarist.  Italian by birth, Emma works between Rome, London and New York maki

Sep 22 2023
1 h 19 min

Will Ackerman

Will Ackerman is a visionary composer, fingerstyle guitarist and producer. As the founder of Windham Hill Records, he achieved international success with his own music an

Jul 26 2023
1 h 06 min

Alan Gogoll

Welcome to Episode 3 of Life on the Fretboard: A series of face-to-face conversations between British guitarist, writer and filmmaker Michael Watts and exceptionally tale

Jun 22 2023
1 h 11 min

Jon Gomm

Jon Gomm is a virtuoso singer-songwriter whose astonishing command of extended acoustic guitar techniques is coupled with thought-provoking lyrics and a dry, often anarch

May 9 2023
56 min

Tony McManus

The Fretboard Journal is proud to welcome you to the very first episode of Life on the Fretboard, a new podcast hosted by British guitarist, filmmaker, and writer Michael

Jan 10 2023
46 min

Introduction

Life on the Fretboard is the newest addition to the Fretboard Journal's family of podcasts. With each episode, British guitarist, filmmaker, and writer Michael Watts inte

Jan 2 2023
1 min

Chart trend

Position in the Music Interviews chart (US), last 90 days.

#103
all-time peak
27
days in the top 200 since Dec 2024

Chart positions

Where Life on the Fretboard with Michael Watts ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 1, 2026).

#170 ▲ 11 Music Interviews US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I love Michael’s new podcast Life On The Fretboard and very much look forward to future episodes. I stumbled across Michael’s channel on You Tube several years ago and quickly became a big fan. I find his take on pretty much anything guitar fascinating. From interviewing luthiers and players to his views and reviews on guitars, tone woods, equipment and guitar innovations it’s always interesting, educational and credible. Credible in that Michael is an amazingly inspiring player in his own right and someone who has obviously been immersed in the world wide guitar community for a long time. Michael Watts has become one of my handful of guitar gurus where I will pretty much watch or listen ti every thing he/they put out.

Curtissjohnson · May 2023

Love the show, love the concept, awaiting with baited breath for the next episode! There is enough swearing to make a slight adjustment to in the feed… Michael Watts is one of my favorite guitar personalities on the web. I look forward to seeing this show grow and move forward.

CalebHawkins · Feb 2023

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