On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an exceptional year in guitar music. From Gwenifer Raymond's beautiful and brash ...

The modern-day guitar hero likens guitar playing to “riding a bike” or “speaking the English language,” which is why he's ...

It’s no secret that the guitar is the backbone of pretty much every song. Whether it’s a railing, electric solo that makes listeners want to break out their best air guitar, a stripped-down acoustic ...

The shred, math-rock and prog-metal guitarists pushing technical boundaries and taking instrumental guitar in thrilling new directions When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Hoosier guitarist and singer Aaron Grubb is bringing his “This Old Guitar with Aaron – The Music of John Denver” show to the ...

Polyphia's Tim Henson has turned a lot of heads in recent years with his impressive guitar work, but the guitarist gave a shout out to a surprising musician when discussing how he feels guitar music ...

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, ...

For those who think they are virtuosic enough, we have picked the easiest Jimi Hendrix songs to play on guitar to start with. Jimi Hendrix was born in 1942 in Seattle. His first touch and introduction ...

Show a rock fan this week’s Official Singles Chart – or any Top 40 from the last few years, for that matter – and you’ll likely be met with the response that rock music is dead. Reports on the death ...

From the sultry Spanish sounds of the Concierto de Aranjuez to modern adaptations of 17th-century lute music, some of the greatest classical music sounds absolutely stunning on guitar. For a work as ...