All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of a glorious six-string explosion — a long, twisted, ...

When it comes to rock songs, it seems like we’re always waiting for the big, mind-blowing guitar solo. Sometimes it never comes. But sometimes it’s the thing that parts the clouds, opens your heart, ...

I first heard Brian Eno’s surrealist masterpiece “Baby’s on Fire” as an actual baby, more or less: it was one of my parents’ household staples. For years I moved through life under the very confident ...