What is rock and roll without energy-pulsating electric guitar solos? Throughout rock and roll history, guitar solos have sent the guitarist and the audience into spirit-like trances and unmatched ...

Yacht rock first set sail over 50 years ago, but the sound just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This particular kind of soft rock - paired best with a piña colada and a pool chair - peaked in the ...

Chuck Berry was born 100 years ago today in St. Louis. Rolling Stone ranks him the No. 2 guitarist ever, and his song is on ...

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, ...

Chances are, any self-respecting lead rock guitarist will tell you that solos are the place where they can truly shine — where they can wield their instrument as an extension of themselves and make ...

Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider, responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current ...

Starting with riffs and chords may be standard for rock jams and in popular music in general, but making that part a freewheeling solo is a mission statement.

For any music aficionado, guitar solos are an intrinsic highlight of rock history. Often, they form the most memorable sequence of an already great song, like hot fudge on a delicious sundae. Other ...

These guitar heroes turned shredding in the 1980s into a full blown art. These players were and are technical marvels.

"Hotel California" by The Eagles, "Johnny Be Goode" by Chuck Berry, and "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys are among the ...