It’s no secret that the guitar is the backbone of pretty much every song. Whether it’s a railing, electric solo that makes listeners want to break out their best air guitar, a stripped-down ...

Proof that the simplest riffs can also be the catchiest. This is a bass riff played on a guitar that turns into a razor-sharp, slide-heavy, semi-acoustic repeat of itself.

Brad Paisley explains how he uses guitar riffs on his new album, 'Moonshine in the Trunk,' and why the lyrics always come first.

The "Space Ace" Ace Frehley was a key figure in KISS' rise to fame, pushing the pulse with his speedy guitar playing and ...

Brad Paisley offers a roaring cover of Van Halen's 'Hot for Teacher' in concert, along with snippets of a number of other classic-rock favorites.

There are a number of factors that might make a song immediately recognizable—a whisper, a cough, a G note… But nothing gets our little black hearts racing quite as rapidly as a guitar ...

Son Volt — the project of Jay Farrar, founding member of Uncle Tupelo — has vacillated between barroom rock and poignant ballads, all the while adhering to some sense of diverse, nuanced twang.

In the ‘50s, when electric guitar began to take over as the primary instrument in what became known as rock ‘n’ roll, the riff ruled.