How a fateful night at a Nashville party give Walsh the sound he was looking, and an all-new sound for rock guitar ...

We love hearing a guitar solo in a studio recording. It’s an art form that has been lost somewhat in the modern age. It’s nice to revisit some of the best guitar solos in history, but what’s even ...

There is a select group of guitar solos that have stood the test of time. They continually pop up in “best of” lists and have long captured the imagination of burgeoning guitarists. But the praise for ...

When planning out our direction for this series of ‘Magic Moments’ features, we set a rule that guitar solos specifically - even the truly majestic ones - shouldn’t be highlighted. Our thinking went ...

Here’s nine of the best and most memorable nu-metal guitar solos and leads, chosen by Tetrarch‘s Diamond Rowe. Now, nu-metal may not be regarded as the subgenre with the flashiest, most nimble and ...

Is Eric Clapton’s solo in Cream’s version of Crossroads the greatest live blues-rock solo ever recorded? Here, we pose the ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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, ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...