Guitar Riffs Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Listen to the history of rock, one riff at a time.

This is Andrea Boma Boccarusso. She’s created a short film on the history of rock from 1965 using just one

Much of the rock music canon has been built on the foundation of the riff, that magical collection of notes

Back to work. I know, I know. The first week of January is always THE WORST. Still, we must trudge

Watch and listen as Alex Chadwick takes us through the history of rock’n’roll with iconic 100 guitar riffs. It’s an

It’s an extra-special, once in a century Pi Day! It’s 3/14/15. And if you REALLY want to get geeky, have

BBC Radio 2 thinks so. Discuss. Oddly British, innit? The full list can be found here. (Thanks to James for

According to GuitarHabits.com, anyway. Here’s the Top 5: 1 – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix 2 – Satisfaction – Rolling Stones 3