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 ...

In the 1980s, acoustic rock songs were often just as powerful as fully electrified ones. Artists knew that they could deliver an important message or idea with a stripped-down six-string and give fans ...

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 ...

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 ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

If you hang around musicians for long enough, the question will come up. Is there such thing as a perfect album? The same thing happens with film buffs and movies or painters and paintings. The ...