First used by ’50s legends Chet Atkins and Les Paul, it is rock, metal and punk that have made palm muting so popular today ...

A look into the Led Zeppelin classic 'Stairway To Heaven' and whether it's a hard song to play on guitar, and what makes ...

It features two former members of King Crimson - guitarist Adrian Belew and bassist Tony Levin - performing Crimson music from the ’80s with two other legendary musicians, drummer Danny Carey from ...

As someone who's written a book on the band, I can confidently say that no other artist has had as much of an impact on the ...

Last week, the hottest ticket in NYC wasn't the SNL 50th anniversary concert. It was the three nights Paul McCartney played ...

A look into how punk rock evolved into post-punk and beyond, via a list of songs by Talking Heads, The Clash, Gary Numan and many others.

By Jon Pareles Ever so self-effacingly, Garth Hudson breathed history into songs ... shivering notes that open “This Wheel’s on Fire,” and the ominous repeating chords at the end of each ...

One of the great pleasures of acoustic guitar ... barre chords, you’re missing out. A capo will allow you to play things that ...

The guitarist, who will regroup with Black Sabbath's original lineup, told Guitar Player the song is an example of his desire ...

That said, Led Zeppelin loomed like figures on Olympus over the entire cosmos of metal: the hard-charging thunder chords and blistering guitar solos ... yang — the songs they would do, like ...

It’s not that we lack guitar heroes; Swift and Sheeran each fit that bill in their own ways, having both prompted countless players to learn major and minor chords on acoustic instruments since ...

They ditched the kimonos for keyboards and pursued a new, modern sound that had fans bewitched and bewildered in equal ...