Zane Carney has been described as a “massive guitar player” by Thundercat and named “the future of electric guitar” by HuffPost. Carney’s discography includes collaborations with John Mayer, Thundercat, Avril Lavigne, Natasha Bedingfield, MIYAVI, Joshua Bassett, Joe Jonas and Justin Timberlake as well as serving as John Daversa’s guitarist with appearances on his Jazz Big Band and Small Band albums including the Grammy-nominated “Kaleidoscope Eyes,” along with “Wobbly Dance Flower” featuring Bob Mintzer. In the jazz space, he has collaborated with members of the West Coast Get Down collective including Kamasi Washington, Ronald Bruner Jr., Brandon Coleman, Cameron Graves, as well as Sam Gendel, among others.

Recently, he formed a band with Evan Rachel Wood (EVAN + ZANE); their sold-out shows “dazzle with an array of guitars and blister-worthy solos” (SF Weekly). In early 2024, they performed a “Best Of EVAN + ZANE w/Orchestra” concert that was arranged, orchestrated and conducted by Zane. Prior to that, he served as lead guitarist, arranger and founding member of CARNEY with his brother Reeve Carney, an alternative rock group that opened for U2 and was signed to Interscope Records. As a guitarist, he toured with artists including Jonny Lang and John Mayer. As of August 2025, he is now the newest addition to Foster The People and helped them debut their newest single on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. With Foster The People Zane has upcoming performances at ACL and Lollapalooza SA.

As an artist, Zane has a varied catalogue from the Singer-Songwriter of Confluence and warm guitar melodies of Amalgam to the hauntingly meditative Film and bombastic improvisation of his critically-acclaimed jazz album Alter Ego. His next single “Is Anybody Else Out Here?” comes 10.25.24 and can be pre-saved here.

Across social media platforms, Zane Carney reaches an audience of more than 150k. His livestreams have amassed over 1 million views on twitch.tv/zanecarney, where he has become known for his virtuosic performances, music theory of gaming segments, and live, improvised compositions.

Zane has headlined shows in Japan, Australia, Korea, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and many cities across the USA including NYC, LA, Nashville, Chicago and more. Carney was born in New York City, studied studio/jazz guitar at USC’s Thornton School of Music, and currently resides in Los Angeles.