Very few genres utilize only acoustic instruments. As a matter of fact, the only ones that come to mind are bluegrass, traditional and Celtic folk, and Indigenous music. However, even in those genres, ...

Due to widespread production of sound effects, electrical music and music pedals, we tend to romanticize simple and raw versions of music. In these settings, an artist can demonstrate melodies in ...

If you’re looking to listen to acoustic tracks, you usually don’t browse through the catalogs of rock groups like Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, and Mötley Crüe. After all, those types of bands are known ...

Imagine, if you will, a punk band, a rock band and a comedic hip-hop group without mics or amps, performing with just the power of voice and instruments. That is the idea behind Pure Acoustic: a night ...

The annual Wooden Ball event at Club Congress pulls the plug on local musicians. Every artist will be performing mostly acoustic or non-electronic versions of their songs. Going acoustic is a rare ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

“MTV Unplugged” was arguably at its height in 1993. That year, the series of intimate acoustic performances featured stars like Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Neil Young, building on era-defining ...

An acoustic husband and wife duo, singer/ songwriter Krystal Baker and guitarist Sturgis Waters. Krystal Baker, singer-songwriter and Sturgis Waters, guitarists, are a married couple that also make up ...

WEST KORTRIGHT — The West Kortright Centre will present Kittel & Co. at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. According to a media release, the cutting-edge American acoustic band led by Grammy-nominated composer ...