The blues scale is one of the most important guitar scales to learn, whether in rock, metal or – naturally – blues. This scale is a hexatonic scale, which means it has six notes. Essentially, it’s a ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Worth Knowing, Worth Going is Style Weekly’s spotlight on emerging artists poised to make waves in and around Richmond. This time we spoke with Jack Stepanian, the Richmond-raised ...

Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, and Jane's Addiction each had great album-opening rock songs in the 1990s with iconic riffs.

Forget Godzilla. Two indie bands launched their own tirade on the city on Saturday, destroying Chicago with a wash of guitar and a wave of nostalgia. Tourzilla, the combination of indie bands Last ...

It’s a slow month for noteworthy new metal, so we’re going to try something different this month. First up: a quick rundown of tracks from January’s handful of standout heavy releases. Then, we’ll ...

The post Eddie Van Halen’s 10 Greatest Riffs appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Eddie never compromised on his vision for the band, and when singer David Lee Roth departed to pursue a solo career ...

B.B. King reached down as if from his perch as the king of the blues to bestow upon a little white kid from Georgia with a love of the blues. “Ever since then,” said Tinsley Ellis, blues man lifer, ...