Before we get to this week’s column, some housekeeping: After eight(!) years writing The Week In Pop, I am handing over the reins of this column in 2022. Starting in January, Rachel Brodsky will be ...

It was a rebuilding year for rock in some ways. Finally able to get back on the road, a number of established stars returned with new albums in 2021, but the guitar music that kept us on our toes ...