The electric guitar is the alpha instrument in rock music, but there have been plenty of great acoustic songs as well.

Folk lovers, we are bringing you 10 easiest folk songs to play on acoustic guitar so you don’t think we forgot about you. Folk songs date from 19th century and had many definitions through the years.

On a July summer night in 1965, Bob Dylan amplified a Fender Stratocaster at the Newport Folk Festival, and the audience responded by booing him. “They certainly booed, I’ll tell you that. You could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whatever style of acoustic guitar you most want to play, it’s worth dipping a toe into as many genres as you can. Most genres have ...

The Scottish acoustic-guitar legend Bert Jansch—pronounced jansh—died today, at the age of sixty-seven, after a long battle with lung cancer. He released his first solo record, “Bert Jansch,” in 1965.

British singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch doesn't exactly rewrite the classic folk songbook on his first full-length studio album, Time Without Consequence. But with his rich, hypnotic ballads and ...

Ryan Adams sings about heartbreak on new folk-rock song “To Be Without You.” The singer-songwriter contemplates his loneliness in the midst of an upbeat arrangement of acoustic guitar, drums, ...

Fans of acoustic folk rock are in for a treat on Thursday, Feb. 13, when Gathering Time takes the stage at My Father’s Place. The Long Island-based trio, known for their signature tight harmonies and ...

Classic rock music is most often meant to be heard loud. If the speakers and amplifiers are left standing by the end of the show, then something has gone wrong! Let all the hair get pushed back, let ...

After more than two years apart, Danielle Miraglia and her sizzling rock ‘n’ roots sextet, The Glory Junkies, finally performed together a couple of weeks ago at The Burren in Somerville. “It was a ...