Instrumentals have long been a part of the rock and roll landscape. In early years, bands would thoughtlessly bang out the non-lyric songs as a way to fill out their LPs. As years progressed, however, ...

From the late 1950s to the late 1970s, rock ‘n’ rollers were taking the formula for what they already knew a six-string electric could do and pushing the boundaries one notch further. Musicians were ...

While Link Wray's The Rumble, of 1958, is often cited as the first tune without vocals featuring distorted guitar, the rock instrumental came into its own during the early 1970s. Partially inspired by ...

What do Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Neil Diamond have in common? Well, aside from being amongst the more important singer/songwriters of the past forty years, they've all recruited Michael Landau ...