In the 1980s, acoustic rock songs were often just as powerful as fully electrified ones. Artists knew that they could deliver an important message or idea with a stripped-down six-string and give fans ...

You don’t need a huge production to create an incredible song. These four iconic acoustic songs are proof that you just need an acoustic guitar and some great songwriting skills to make it big.

There was a time when the guitar was more of a background instrument in a pop music ensemble. In the early part of the 20th century, pianos and saxes were more likely to stand out as the showy lead ...

Led Zeppelin started as a psychedelic blues band in the last 1960s. It didn’t take long for them to prove they had a soft side with their more delicate work in the folk and country genres. They never ...

If you hang around musicians for long enough, the question will come up. Is there such thing as a perfect album? The same thing happens with film buffs and movies or painters and paintings. The ...

Taylor Swift has dropped some new versions of The Life of a Showgirl, this time she’s going unplugged with a few of the album’s songs. The acoustic tracks are available on four new CDs on the musician ...

On March 16, 1992, the Seattle-born grunge band Pearl Jam sat down and recorded an MTV Unplugged performance. But fans of the band and of the series, which has included shows with everyone from ...