When most rock music fans think of songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, they envision them as epic songs with iconic ...

What is rock and roll without energy-pulsating electric guitar solos? Throughout rock and roll history, guitar solos have sent the guitarist and the audience into spirit-like trances and unmatched ...

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, ...

It doesn't happen often, but every now and then a musical cover takes on a life of its own and sees the original replaced with another iconic rendition. Johnny Cash's Hurt is arguably the best, with ...

Some songs just aren't complete without a guitar solo. And these guitar solos are some of the most iconic of all time.

If there’s one reason why classic rock is beloved today, it likely has to do with the electric guitar. But to be even more specific, it probably has something to do with the electric lead guitar solo.

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, ...

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 ...