As Coyle points out, guitar-driven music is enjoying a resurgence, particularly of the instrumental/shred variety. "I feel like this environment, especially for high-level, virtuosic instrumental type ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

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 acoustic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue ...

Polyphia's Tim Henson has turned a lot of heads in recent years with his impressive guitar work, but the guitarist gave a shout out to a surprising musician when discussing how he feels guitar music ...

I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of invention to instruction. How she developed her own approach to the guitar, but ...

For those who think they are virtuosic enough, we have picked the easiest Jimi Hendrix songs to play on guitar to start with. Jimi Hendrix was born in 1942 in Seattle. His first touch and introduction ...

Players often get quite passionate about Strandberg guitars – they either really love the lightweight headless wonders or they're very vocal in their hatred. The innovative Swedes behind such ...

High school music programs do more than teach guitar — they keep kids in school.

Whenever he tried to switch to the CD player to give his hands a break, I’d shove the guitar back at him. The crown jewel of my childhood setlist was “Casey Jones,” mostly because being a tiny kid ...

In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...