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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 ...

The Beatles stand atop most categories when it comes to rock bands of theirs or any other era. That’s certainly the case when ranking by the quantity and quality of songs that were based around the ...

They say at times you can't hear the sheer brilliance of a song until it's broken down on acoustic guitar, so for this edition of Gear Factor, you'll get a lot of brilliance from some of rock and ...

"As Tears Go By" was a top-10 hit for the famed English singer Marianne Faithfull, and came out before the Stones released the song themselves. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is one ...

Sometimes, a solid rock song just needs to have its production stripped down and its instrumentation broken down into basic parts to really shine. Plenty of rock stars have performed “unplugged” ...

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, ...

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 ...

The legendary musician penned the song as a child and it went on to become the band's breakthrough hit.