In his inaugural Guitar World column, Cory Wong establishes the principles – and the mentality – of good rhythm playing, and ...

Few bands make me appreciate the minute details of writing and recording music like Great Grandpa. The Seattle-founded ...

Within a rock band, there are usually defined roles. Even among groups with multiple guitarists. Often, one covers the rhythm parts while the other takes the lead. Sometimes it’s not so obvious. Like ...

Spiro, the emerging electric guitar virtuoso whose talents have left Tosin Abasi and Tim Henson’s jaws on the floor, has revealed the secrets behind his otherwordly right-hand speed-picking technique.

Bob Dylan was an excellent writer, but it wasn't all natural, as he ended up throwing some lyrics away rather than using them.

Classic rock is a popular subgenre, populated by bands from the '60s, '70s, and beyond. These are the albums that define that ...

Newly anointed frontman of Swedish band Ghost, Papa V Perpetua — aka Tobias Forge — chats about stepping out of character, the death of Ghost and how pop music shaped new album ‘Skeletá’ ...

I can fumble through basic songs and riffs like “Imagine” and “Let It Be ... at a time), and generally find and bash out the chords to any song I already know on guitar.

Krist Novoselic gives the band a thumping heartbeat through several intense tracks. Listen closely and you’ll hear a musician ...

Here, Carol Kaye lists what she considers to be 10 of her greatest recordings, all of them big-time winners. And if she ...