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, ...

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 ...

Sometimes bands or solo artists like to change things up. That often means toning down an amped-up track with an acoustic take. Here, we feature some popular artists who turned some of their biggest ...

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 ...

“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 ...

You don’t need to be a music historian to know why it’s called “techno” music. If that isn’t obvious enough, though, the “E” in EDM stands for electronic. But even then, all you have to do to ...

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 ...

GODFREY – The Outlaw Opry will perform at Bakers and Hale, 7120 Montclair Ave., in Godfrey from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 19. Outlaw Opry is a four piece acoustic band. They play songs by Waylon, Hank, ...