Electric Guitar

The electric guitar is a guitar whose sound is captured by pickups and shaped through amplification. It became one of the defining instruments of blues, jazz, rock, and popular music in the 20th century. Its tone can be altered through volume, distortion, feedback, and effects, making it both a rhythmic instrument and a highly expressive solo voice.

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Locomotive Breath: fine groove born from Jethro Tull's studio session

Locomotive Breath is one of the more popular songs written by the British prog-rock band Jethro Tull, first released on…

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Bennie and the Jets: the opening piano chord and disastrous recording sessions in Jamaica

Bennie and the Jets is inarguably one of Elton John's most popular songs first released on the Goodbye Yellow Brick…

November 26, 2020
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida: Iron Butterfly's longest song anticipated metal genres

Released in 1968 by the American psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida remains to be one of the most…

November 19, 20203 comments
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Bogner Shiva: boutique guitar amplifier found its tracking in metal genres

Bogner Shiva is a powerful guitar amplifier that has earned the title of a true guitarist's darling, being the first…

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Shaman's Blues: quintessential The Doors song refined their most controversial album

Shaman's Blues was written by Jim Morrison for The Soft Parade, The Doors' fourth studio album released in the summer…

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Baba O'Riley or Teenage Wasteland brought to life by Lowrey organ

The now-iconic album opener Baba O'Riley was first released on the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Who…

September 20, 2020
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Smokestack Lightning: the eternal Howlin' Wolf blues of the passing trains

Smokestack Lightning is a song written by the Chicago blues singer Chester Arthur Burnett better known under his stage…

September 6, 2020
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Rollin' and Tumblin' as the essence of slide guitar technique combined with lyrics diversity

Rollin' and Tumblin' is one of the great Delta blues songs that has been interpreted by many blues artists long before…

September 4, 2020
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Wishful Sinful: atypical harmony of Robby Krieger

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Easy Skanking: meaning and themes in the famous Bob Marley album opener

Easy Skanking is the opening song on Bob Marley’s tenth studio album Kaya released in 1978 and preceding the historic…

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Savoy Truffle: cautionary song about chocolate by the quiet Beatle

Savoy Truffle is one of four songs written by George Harrison for the 1968 album The Beatles, also known as the White…

June 14, 2020
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Progressive rock adaptation of Alberto Ginastera's piano concerto features innovative electronic drums

One of the works of the iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera went far beyond the attention of the classical…

April 12, 20204 comments
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The art of Caribbean rhythms by the Garifuna Collective

Garifuna music is closely related to the culture of the Garifuna people living primarily on the Caribbean coast of…

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Peter Sinfield: the songwriter whose lyrics embellished the formative prog rock albums of the 1970s

Peter Sinfield is an iconic songwriter who has written for most influential albums of the prog-rock genre released…

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Swordfishtrombones: groundbreaking instrumentation catches Tom Waits' signature sound

Released in 1983, Swordfishtrombones became the first self-produced album by Tom Waits that not only established the…

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American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Adrian Belew managed to extract entirely extraordinary sounds from his…

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Songs for Drella: the minimalistic tribute to Andy Warhol that united his beloved artists for the first time since 1960s

As an absolutely iconic figure in the visual art movement known as pop art, Andy Warhol had a profound influence on the…

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Ali Farka Touré was one of the first Malian songwriters to arrange African folk music for acoustic and electric guitar,…

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Emotion over meaning: the enigmatic lyrics of Cocteau Twins in the languages of glossolalia

Having first appeared in religious practices, the term glossolalia referred to the ability of a believer to…

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Mussorgsky's pictures redrawn for the prog rock exhibition

Piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition written by the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874 retains its innovative…

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Quadraphonic vinyl reveals new Atom Heart Mother details

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Electric Guitar
Monnette Sudler: the first lady of jazz guitar

Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler is known as the “First Lady of Jazz Guitar,” among other titles. Her…

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