Ninety-nine point nine per cent of pop and rock music is vocal, but what of the minuscule remaining fragment? Why do people write instrumentals and, just as importantly, should they bother? The list ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A joyful 1973 instrumental by The Allman Brothers Band is getting fresh praise more than five decades later. “Jessica,” the bright and breezy track from the band’s Brothers and Sisters album, has been ...

Although there are too many great rock instrumentals to count, Colliderrecently ranked the "10 Most Perfect Classic Rock Instrumentals of All Time." The song that came in at number one on the list was ...

Bristol-based Flying Saucer Attack were an anomaly when they emerged during the Britpop era. Were they shoegazers? Post-rock pioneers? Instrumentals 2015 is Flying Saucer Attack’s first album in 15 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A joyful 1973 instrumental by The Allman Brothers Band is getting fresh praise more than five decades later. “Jessica,” the bright ...