Acoustic folk songs were all over the 1960s. These are three acoustic folk songs from the 1960s with melodies that still echo decades later.

Everybody has their signature song (or playlist) for daydreaming about that special someone while looking out the car window. We’re talking about those tunes you play on repeat because they pull on ...

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 ...

Eric Church's newest release, "Doing Life With Me," is a sweet, acoustic love song: to everyone who's stuck by him through thick and thin. The country superstar premiered the track on Friday (Dec. 11) ...

We might disagree on what technically makes a song “rock”. But not every rocking tune requires electric guitars or a loud band. Heavy lyrics bring their own kind of weight to a track, regardless of ...

Perhaps the best way to know that a song is well written is to strip it down to its most natural and intimate form. If a song can elicit an emotional response from a listener with simply the artist’s ...

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 ...

With just a few acoustic guitar chords and a percussive shaker, Chris Stapleton revealed a new song called "Starting Over" on Thursday (Aug. 27). The first listen of what's coming from an upcoming ...

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 ...