The last time I saw Kamelot was at Jaxx on October 16, 2008, with Edguy in support, during the Ghost Opera tour cycle. I took ...

In the late ’90s, McConaughey and Harrelson got to know each other playing brothers in “EdTV,” the prescient Ron Howard movie about a young man (McConaughey) who found fame and misfortune by allowing ...

When a guitarist plays faster, busier parts, we tend to make the automatic assumption that they’re a more talented guitar player. But sometimes, the best display of impeccable talent on the six-string ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Cole Brauer, who sailed around the world in the grueling 2023–2024 Global Solo Challenge recounts her harrowing, life-changing journey in ...

The right guitar solo can elevate a pretty good rock song into a bona fide anthem in a matter of seconds. A staple of rock ‘n’ roll music since its creation, guitar solos can heighten emotion, ...

"Short but sweet" isn't a phrase most people associate with rock music, the domain of freewheeling guitar jams and extended cinematic solos. Fitting the excess and larger-than-life reputations of its ...

That's right, people, it's time to shred. Far from being an inaccessible feature of guitar-based music of all stripes, and decades before you try any ridiculous lead lines belonging to some of the ...

Editor’s note: More readers’ letters about their favorite guitar solos will be published on Sunday, Sept. 13. What are your favorite guitar solos? That is the question I posed to readers in my Aug. 9 ...

See the full winners list and follow along with all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2026 VMAs. The Queen of Pop is returning ...

The NFL promised that its Week 1 games would honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the 25th anniversary. However, individual teams had some leeway in how they did so, and the Seattle ...