Phil Manzanera was 15 years old when he announced he wanted to become a rock guitarist and join a band. “My mother, the nice Colombian lady, knew about cumbia, salsa and boleros, but not rock and ...

Nearly 50 years after its release, Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” is still setting the standard for rock guitar greatness.

David Gilmour is usually a melodic expert with a guitar in his hands, but he thought this solo was a tad overrated by the ...

What starts as a tribute to “Stairway to Heaven” quickly becomes an enormous journey through the most explosive era in guitar ...

In 1977, Pink Floyd released what Nick Mason describes as the band's "roughest" album, just in time for the blossoming punk ...

Throughout music history, a handful of guitarists have delivered iconic solos that were so extraordinary that they made them ...

Melissa Etheridge's choice was the iconic solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," which recently featured as the goal horn ...

Readers sounded off on bands that got better after replacing members. Journey, Pink Floyd, and The Eagles now get their ...

It doesn’t take much to get Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, to riff about guitar solos. She vividly remembers the first one ...

If he only had Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera would have plenty to talk about. But the guitarist's 75 years has involved a great ...

It’s really the dream of anyone who has ever picked up a guitar: to eventually play a solo that leaves jaws dropped, heads ...

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, ...