Power and bombast, heartbreak and truth - no other instrument can deliver with quite as much style ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of a glorious six-string explosion — a long, twisted, ...

Nothing makes a genre seem more theatrical than an iconic and impressive guitar solo, and that’s certainly the case for blues rock. When one thinks of sick guitar solos, one might think of metal. But ...

There's a particular kind of silence that follows a great guitar solo. Not the silence of an ending, but the silence of a listener trying to process something that moved faster than words. Some solos ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...