“He used to carry around an acoustic classical guitar that he detuned so that he could bend the strings. Anyway, when he would play that riff, I would think, ‘That’s such a weird, atonal riff that isn ...

Whether it’s Jimmy Page’s iconic guitar solo in Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” or Kurt Cobain’s power chords within Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” hearing a great guitar riff for the first ...

Editor’s Note: This week we introduce Riffs, an occasional profile of a notable professional musician in the Southland. Known for finger pickin’ and putting his own spin on flamenco and classical ...

BBC Radio 2 presenter Simon Mayo (Monday-Friday, 5pm-7pm) today launched an audience vote to find the Radio 2 Top 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs of all time. We’ve all been brought up with the most amazing ...

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 ...