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

Sometimes you just gotta let the words breathe, and going for an acoustic vibe is a way to do just that, especially with XXXTentacion songs. After he dropped his first album, 17, three years ago, XXX ...

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 ...

"Black Hole Sun" is arguably Soundgarden's most popular song. In the years following the 1994 release of the smash hit, late frontman Chris Cornell would often deliver an acoustic version of the song, ...

Here are five acoustic songs that are still hard and heavy, chosen by three-piece rock band Of Limbo. The trio recently dropped their latest LP, Unplugged. It’s a nine-track release featuring covers ...

Led Zeppelin started as a psychedelic blues band in the last 1960s. It didn’t take long for them to prove they had a soft side with their more delicate work in the folk and country genres. They never ...

Bands like Nine Inch Nails, Sublime and Deftones have dipped back into the past to give a hit from the '80s a second life.

Do you remember the acoustic revolution of the 1990s and early 2000s? For some reason, everyone had an acoustic guitar in their bedroom, dorm room, living room, or garage. At the time, it was unclear ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Shane Parish first came on my radar about a year and a half ago when he released his gorgeous fingerstyle guitar interpretation of Aphex Twin's "Avril 14th." He's continued to release beautiful music ...