They say at times you can't hear the sheer brilliance of a song until it's broken down on acoustic guitar, so for this edition of Gear Factor, you'll get a lot of brilliance from some of rock and ...

A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a ...

In fact, we’ve borrowed the general feel of Zep’s bluegrass-hued track Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp for this month’s transcription. Mr Page aside, open G has been used by many legendary players, including Robert ...

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood are celebrating 50 years of The Rolling Stones this year. The band released a compilation today titled GRRR!, which spans five decades of work, ...

It's about to get heavy as Devin Townsend steps in as the latest guest on Loudwire's Gear Factor. The musician took the time to trace the steps of his guitar development from youth through modern day, ...

For at least a decade now, rap beats have been getting fiercer every year. The biggest producers in the genre largely abandoned traditional acoustic instrumentation, instead embracing the abrasive ...

Niall Horan has traded in his acoustic tones for the electric atmosphere of “Heartbreak Weather.” The Irish musician released his sophomore album Friday, and throughout the 14 tracks, Horan ...

While I appreciated Andrew Martin’s description of the antipathy between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, I’m inclined to disagree with him (“Are you a Mick or a Keith?”, Life & Arts, FT Weekend, ...