Smooth jazz was a tough sell to European record executives in the mid-1980s. That's when Acoustic Alchemy was just emerging, and the England-based band was a lukewarm commodity. It took a trip ...

Back in 1981, Nick Webb and Simon James, two enterprising British music school students, decided to start an instrumental acoustic jazz band focused on dueling steel- and nylon-string guitars. Mind ...

Drake Allen is known for bringing his smooth acoustic sound across the Valley. His influences include a wide range of genres from rock, blues, pop, soul, funk, country. “I am also influenced by singer ...

CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...

The New Acoustic Collective features many of the top up-and-coming jazz, bluegrass, and classical musicians in the Bay Area, combining a variety of strings to bring a modern and unique sound to the ...

Nick Jonas covered Years & Years’ hit “King” for BBC Radio 1, opting to strip the track of its electronic blips and speedy pace, and instead give it the acoustic treatment. The vocals on the original ...