Sick Riffs: Palehound's Ellen Kempner teaches you the smooth main riff of Cinnamon

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Sick Riffs #61: In today's episode, we bring you Ellen Kempner - leader of indie-rock trio Palehound - as she demonstrates how to play the main riff from their infectiously feel-good track, Cinnamon... With bonus cat intrusion!

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Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.

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