Instrumentals, solos, and breaks are at the heart of rock music in all its iterations. And some instrumental moments are so legendary and so good that they are remembered for decades. Let’s look at ...

Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...

Woodenhead's Jimmy Robinson, left, Fran Comiskey, Mark Whitaker and Paul Clement. The band celebrates its 40th anniversary at Tipitina's on April 2, 2015. After 40 years as a band, onstage ...

The rock instrumental has the unenviable task of grasping the listener's attention, and then keeping it, without relying on words and catchy choruses to do so. Done poorly, the tune feels repetitive ...