These famous guitar riffs built up blues rock as a genre during its formative years, and they still inspire guitarists today.

It’s difficult to narrow down the foundational guitar riffs of rock music. Like everything, music evolves while songwriters borrow, steal, and recycle what’s come before. The most iconic riffs are ...

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds ...

Learn how to boost your blues to pro levels of authenticity with a handful of great chords and a rock-solid rhythm technique ...

In a world where we’re so often encouraged to expand our vocabulary, learn more scales, play over complex changes and improve our technique, this example solo takes the contrary ...

Hurray for the Riff Raff is readying a new live album, Live Forever, arriving digitally via Nonesuch on March 20. A vinyl and CD release is set for May 8. Recorded during two summer 2025 shows at Old ...

The guitarist explains why “Message in a Bottle” demands massive stretches — and how he turned Sting’s idea into the band’s ...