Many rock songs are written on an acoustic guitar. When MTV Unplugged began airing acoustic versions of popular songs, it gave audiences a glimpse of what a hit might have sounded like in its earliest ...

The acoustic guitar is still an important part of rock music. A huge production, complete with electronic components, isn’t always necessary to create a solid rock song for the ages. These four bands ...

Here are five acoustic songs that are still hard and heavy, chosen by three-piece rock band Of Limbo. The trio recently dropped their latest LP, Unplugged. It’s a nine-track release featuring covers ...

Perhaps the best way to know that a song is well written is to strip it down to its most natural and intimate form. If a song can elicit an emotional response from a listener with simply the artist’s ...

We love to keep it heavy with face-melting solos and excruciating screams. But sometimes it’s important to unplug the amps and let the emotions pour out from the soul—even if you’re too “metal” for ...

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 ...

There's something almost rebellious about an acoustic cover in today's world of overproduced pop anthems and bass-heavy club tracks. When an artist takes a well-known song and strips it down to just ...