Billy Gibbons manages to take blues ideas and incorporate them into a non-traditional context without losing their essence. His riffs and solos on the tracks Legs and Sharp Dressed Man from 1983’s ...

On paper, writing a great guitar riff doesn’t appear to be difficult. Many classic riffs are simple to play. A few notes, a handful of chords, and the next thing you know, you’ve composed “Whole Lotta ...

Under the Superdome lights in New Orleans, I’m living out a dream 40 years in the making. As a kid, aloft on my father’s shoulders, I saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band when they were the ...

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Pumpkin bread in the oven and sweaters pulled from the back of the closet are clear signs that fall has arrived—but nothing sets the mood quite like a great fall playlist. Think leaves crunching ...

If barre chords and weird shapes are holding you back, this video is for you. Learn how to reframe difficult chords into easier, more playable versions using simple theory-based techniques. You’ll be ...

Above all else, country music is most often touted for its most essential part: being simple, and comprised of, as they say, “three chords and the truth.” And that is often the case. But in certain ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...