This 1973 song flew under the radar for decades, yet it contains the guitar solo now ranked as one of the greatest of all ...

The legendary solo continues to challenge even elite guitarists decades after its original release.

From the elaborate piano breakdown in Eric Clapton’s “Layla” to the guitar solo in the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” the instrumental solo is an iconic part of pop. But to a musicologist, ...

Few tracks demand this level of technical precision, yet its legacy has been largely ignored. Explore why this intense performance stands alone.

20 greatest guitar solos that defined classic rock, from Hendrix and Van Halen to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

Instrumentals, solos, and breaks are at the heart of rock music in all its iterations. And some instrumental moments are so legendary and so good that they are remembered for decades. Let’s look at ...

While we often celebrate the works of great guitarists from the past on Loudwire's Gear Factor, it's also important to spotlight the next generation. Here, our focus turns to Sammy Boller, who ...

Neil Young said “Heart Of Gold” put him in the middle of the road, so, becoming bored with the mainstream, he opted for the ditch. For most of the 80s, Young experimented with genres, fought with his ...

In May 2026, Rolling Stone ranked “Easy” among the greatest guitar solos of all time, noting, “The Commodores’ Seventies ...

Mr. Ayers is an author, the president of Beggars Group US and a musician. His memoir “My Life in the Sunshine” will be published in June. When I recently saw the singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker of ...

I first heard Brian Eno’s surrealist masterpiece “Baby’s on Fire” as an actual baby, more or less: it was one of my parents’ household staples. For years I moved through life under the very confident ...