Elvis and Pink Floyd are dominating South America, Beyonce is huge in Africa but Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah takes the top spot when it comes to what countries are Googling the chords and riffs to ...

Gospel music has come a long way since the early 1930s, when Thomas Dorsey fused a Christian message with blues chords and rhythms. Over the years, innovators such as Mahalia Jackson, Shirley Caesar, ...

A new study has identified The White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army as the world’s most Googled guitar riff. For Wood and Fire Studio’s statistics, the studio analyzed a total of 271 songs and 2,314,336 ...

Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy will be re-issued in October Credit: Photo: Everett Collection / Rex Features They are some of the most recognisable chords of all time, inspiring countless ...

Oasis is a band that most of us don’t tend to lean into when we think of the great riff writing bands, but perhaps we should start doing that. Oasis are known for their huge anthemic songs that ...

Virtuoso guitar playing has come to define rock ‘n’ roll. Greg Kot looks back at its colourful history. Rock guitar solos? Often they’re overblown, overrated and a waste of precious notes. To those ...