Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits ...

Frank Zappa performed guitar solos like no other, but his enigmatic style was heavily influenced by R&B giants like Johnny ...

He explains why his guitars are numbered, not named, his warts-and-all approach to studio work – and why his “I won’t conform ...

For as long as he can remember, Bryce Dessner has been strumming a guitar. He branched out from classical music as a teen to becoming a guitarist for the indie rock band The National. These days ...

From the blues to the bayou, the brooding bleed of sheer shred, and every step in between, guitar solos and the innovation of their inventors have looped into almost every genre, from classical to ...

With the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and summer right around the corner, it’s time again to take in the beauty of Charleston’s ...

Though George Harrison wrote the tune, he struggled to record the guitar solo. As an ode to Harrison’s Indian classical music inspirations, Paul McCartney laid down a blistering piece of raga rock.

The pair discuss experimenting without overthinking, how they know when a song is going to work, when to delete a clever ...

It is certainly not confined to rock ’n’ roll (Ravel’s Bolero is based on a riff, as are many classical ... you can play solos on any instrument, but the amplified electric guitar surely ...