The fusion subgenre known as blues rock came together in the early 1960s in the US and UK. It didn’t really kick off in a massive way until the late 1960s and early 1970s, during which some of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page and Gary Rossingon. In a genre defined by epic riffs and flamethrowing solos, the slide guitar stands as a ...

Would this even be a list of iconic guitar riffs from the 1970s without including “Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin? We don’t think so. The song as a whole is an epic one, and it wouldn’t be too ...

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds inside them.A real riff is a story compressed into a few seconds of sound.

Elbow's 'Grounds For Divorce' entered our Greatest Riffs Of The Decade poll at number 42. A Page-esque bluesy barn-stormer (powered by a multi-tracked Les Paul and an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff), the ...

Virtuoso guitar playing has come to define rock ‘n’ roll. Greg Kot looks back at its colourful history. Rock guitar solos? Often they’re overblown, overrated and a waste of precious notes. To those ...