Many great rock songs begin on an acoustic guitar. Before the expensive productions and string sections, songwriters often used only a voice and an acoustic guitar (or piano) to excavate a tune out of ...

Sometimes, a solid rock song just needs to have its production stripped down and its instrumentation broken down into basic parts to really shine. Plenty of rock stars have performed “unplugged” ...

The acoustic punk song is a time-honored tradition that has seen a rise — due to necessity — during this year of isolation. This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 30 songs from throughout ...

One of the late legend's most underappreciated songs. Off 1987's Sign o' the Times, it's another song that highlights Prince's tremendous guitar work and is equally as enjoyable in an acoustic form.