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.

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, ...

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The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites. Credit..

Just when you think all of the sonic possibilities have been wrung out of a guitar, someone comes along to expand expectations again. Instrumental solo guitar music in particular remains in constant ...

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai perform at Fox Theater on April 4 in Oakland, Calif. The pair will play the Palace Theatre in ...

“All evidence suggests that this was the first cloud guitar ever built for Prince,” says John Troutman, curator of American music at the National Museum of American History. Hannah Whitaker It’s hard ...

When we polled some of our guitarist friends on what the guitar means to them, and how playing guitar makes them feel, we expected to find a common theme or two, but we didn’t expect the same words to ...

Synth-pop musician ‘pronoun’ has been working in the business for about six years, as well as having made her own music for a lot of her life. Three years ago, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter ...

The guitar has been the king of rock & roll instruments for more than half a century. What you are about to read are twenty reasons why the present and future of rock guitar are as exciting and ...