The electric guitar is the alpha instrument in rock music, but there have been plenty of great acoustic songs as well.

The iconic band’s breakthrough hit remains timeless more than 60 years later.

More often than not, a sick guitar solo makes a classic rock song even better. But on rarer occasions, guitar solos don’t really add anything to already good classic rock songs. Sometimes, those showy ...

An iconic 1974 track has recently been crowned the greatest American rock song of all time. It beat out a powerhouse list of ...

Ah, classic rock—the soundtrack of a generation, filled with anthems that still make hearts race and feet tap. For baby boomers, these songs aren’t just music; they’re memories wrapped in guitar riffs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

“Stairway to Heaven” remains one of the most debated songs in rock history, and that debate is part of its staying power.

How many classic rock songs can you guess from one line? Classic rock has a way of living in the body rather than just the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...