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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.

Bernard Vanderwood has a simple explanation as to why the band Simple Props is so popular. “That guitar player rocked,” he insists. “And he was hot.” In the interest of full disclosure, the guitar ...

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 ...

f you have found yourself feeling fond and drawn towards acoustic music anytime during the last couple of years, you might not be the only one. I have found there to be a recent pattern: a newfound ...

MOUNT DORA — For Ruth Harnden, no musical note can what’s emitted from one of America’s earliest musical instruments — the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer. “It produces a sweet, easy, acoustic sound, ...

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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 ...

To some fans, country music was meant to be played one way—unfiltered, unplugged, and entirely acoustic. This is a purist school of thought, and one that mainly applies to bluegrass and folk music.