Let’s be real. This wouldn’t be a list of incredible instrumental rock music moments without mentioning the 1976 song “Eruption” by Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen was the OG guitar hero in many respects, ...

City of the Sun may call Brooklyn home, but the band’s wordless, genre-blurring sound has always traveled well beyond borders. Drawing from indie rock, ...

Duane Eddy, a Gretsch-wielding rock 'n' roll legend who helped pioneer the rock guitar instrumental, died Tuesday (April 30) at his home in Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 86, the Arizona Republic ...

DULUTH — The deaths of rock guitar legends hit me hard. No other performances elicit as much emotion and personality as musicians playing a guitar from the soul. I know these musicians chiefly — and ...

Not all rock bands have a dedicated organist, These four brilliant keyboardists make a great case that all bands should.

Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...

It feel like music has abandoned the guitar. Not entirely, obviously, but certainly the guitar that birthed rock and roll. Popular artists for generations found their music centered around the ...

The deaths of rock guitar legends hit me hard. No other performances elicit as much emotion and personality as musicians playing a guitar from the soul. I know these musicians chiefly — and intimately ...