Let’s be clear: there’s no such thing as an ‘acoustic guitar chord’. If a guitar has a standard fretboard, then, acoustic or electric, all chord shapes are fair game. However, some chords do sound ...

Neil Young is coming to town and, by this point, fans probably know what to expect — which is the unexpected. A long time ago — nearly 35 years — I was talking to Young on the phone about where he was ...

When the world lost Prince on April 21, it didn't just lose an amazing singer, it lost one of the most important guitarists of this generation. Listen to any one of Prince's guitar solos, and you will ...

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, ...

Guitar wunderkind Eddie Van Halen was undoubtedly one of the most important rock musicians of the late 20th century. Beginning with Van Halen's 1978 debut, he virtually single-handedly re-invented the ...