This video explores the fascinating history of electric guitar distortion, tracing how accidental amplifier damage and ...

These iconic rock 'n' roll guitar riffs defined the genre as we know it today, starting in the late 1950s all the way to the early 1990s.

One of the most defining factors of rock music is the guitar riffs. Throughout the genre’s history, there have been several songs defined by the musicianship, particularly guitarists. In the musical ...

The 13th annual Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 30 outside the 21 Rock Grill and Bar ...

The Kinks released "You Really Got Me," which put power chords on the map, and has a popular myth involving Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.

Nearly 50 years after its release, Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” is still setting the standard for rock guitar greatness. Music producer and session musician Rick Beato ranked the song’s iconic ...

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...

A 1973 blues rock classic was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time. It sparked a local controversy and got the ...

After a decade in the doldrums, guitar-based newcomers like Sleep Token and Wet Leg are making their mark as TikTok catapults legacy acts to virality. By Ethan Millman Music Editor A decade ago, Gene ...

The pop star has been teasing that the track is her edgiest yet.

Mr. Ayers is an author, the president of Beggars Group US and a musician. His memoir “My Life in the Sunshine” will be published in June. When I recently saw the singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker of ...