A catchy riff — whether it be on guitar, bass, synthesizer or some other instrument — can take a song from good to legendary. Just ask some of the artists we've listed below. These are riffs that in ...

A great rock song doesn’t need to have an iconic guitar riff. Everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty to Oasis and Wilco has strummed through simple chord progressions on many timeless hits.

Blending music styles has become so common that partitioning songs into specific genres almost seems pointless. But the pop artists below released iconic hits by radically altering their usual sound ...