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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 ...

When we think of top-ranking guitar lists, we often find they are populated with the same old stuff. Every list of riffs will feature Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Page and Beck among others. But what if we ...

Though Rivers of Nihil lean a little heavier, guitarist Brody Uttley reveals in our latest edition of Gear Factor that his earlier roots are a little more rock and blues leaning. Taking us way back to ...

In 1974, Kool and the Gang had a huge hit with the song “Jungle Boogie.” The song, from the band’s 1973 album Wild and ...

What is endless? The Universe (theoretically). Summer. Swimming pools. Shrimp. These are all well and good, but what of riffs? Is there is a band for which the riff cannot be confined to a single hook ...

Good times: Nile Rodgers is happy to unpick the secrets of a great guitar hook Any boy growing up in the Seventies did their basic training with car noises. That vibration at the front of the mouth ...

As a developing and beginner guitar player, learning riffs from your idols is a great way to push yourself to that next level. By learning classic riffs, you expose yourself to a range of techniques ...

Side project from Norway's 80s-obsessed New Violators turns the clock back an additional decade, capturing the crunchy guitar riffs and piano boogie of classic rock with astonishing accuracy. Save ...

Guitarist Bryan Bassett in his Wild Cherry days, left, and as he appears today with Foghat. There are smokin' guitar riffs on Foghat's original recordings of "Slow Ride," "Fool for the City" and ...