"Over the years, I've written quite a few solo instrumental pieces for myself, mostly on the classical guitar. And eventually I started writing for friends," Dessner tells A Martínez from his ...

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven” and Van Halen‘s ...

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For months when orchestras and opera companies would have dominated the classical calendar, the spotlight shifted to individual performers. Call it the season of the solo.