If you are a guitarist, you probably have a handful of rock songs that first led you to the instrument. It could have been a riff by a band of your generation or perhaps something you discovered in ...

There's a specific kind of silence that falls in a room when a guitar solo lands exactly right. Conversations stop, heads ...

Rock music used to rule the world. Stadiums filled with screaming fans, guitar solos that made your heart race, and bands that became legends. But walk into any music store today, and you’ll notice ...

“He played it to Motown, and they said, 'No way is Jeff Beck getting this song, it's too good’” ...

From the dusty trails of outlaw rebellion to the polished glitz of Nashville, we rank the definitive country music ...

Eddie Condon's sharp wit, swinging banjo, and propulsive guitar helped shape the hot sound of Chicago jazz in the 1920s and ...

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Many guitar riffs are so good that the lyrics don’t matter. They are powerful enough to move listeners at a primal level, and ...

Composers Concordance will present My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Guitar Quartet: Unplugged on May 9 at Salomon Arts ...

Eric Clapton has announced details regarding his 2026 Crossroads Guitar Festival with a star-studded bill featuring Pete Townshend of the Who, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy and many others. You ...

Tom Dumont, longtime guitarist for No Doubt, recently shared he has been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease. The ...

Dumont, 58, joined No Doubt in 1988 and played guitar on all six of the band’s albums, including their 1995 breakout “Tragic ...