There are loads of great songs out there from across the decades that are often a lot simpler to play than you might think.

From influencing his gear choices to inspiring chord changes and lead lines, one guitarist stood above the rest for the Quiet ...

An overview of the gems of the catalog of hard rock’s most innovative group, with a focus on the guitar playing, songwriting, ...

Even the guitar solo has no business being in that song ... “I was just learning to play guitar, started strumming the chords and ran upstairs and said: ‘Guys, I think I just wrote a song!’ It’s the ...

a shadowy cut with brooding chords, subtle riffs and what is perhaps Page’s last great guitar solo – mostly because he’s done ...

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] ...

Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

Towa gained popularity on TikTok by inserting guitar riffs into other people’s songs, and on American Hero she applies this talent to her originals. At 35 minutes, no one could ...

Happy Hogmanay.  Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland.

Pink Floyd was never going to make anything simple and straightforward, but David Gilmour thought Nick Mason struggled to get this drum track down.

Green repeats the riff later in the 15-minute masterpiece and also plays gorgeous solos (along with those ... then Paul Kossoff transposed the chords to guitar, and he did a helluva job, because ...

Zappa himself said in an interview with Guitar Player ... heavily-whammied chords while coasting on a lush wave of drums, bass, marimba, and harp. The mood shifts with the solo, as Zappa’s ...