A hundred years ago, pianos were a fixture in many American homes. More than 300,000 of them were sold in 1925, but today the ...

As roadies rolled a grand piano onto the stage midway through Evanescence‘s set, singer Amy Lee smiled at the fans that packed the Kia Forum for KROQ‘s 34th annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show and ...

The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

Taylor Swift has dropped some new versions of The Life of a Showgirl, this time she’s going unplugged with a few of the album’s songs. The acoustic tracks are available on four new CDs on the musician ...

Taylor Swift announced Saturday that she re-recorded eight tracks from “The Life of a Showgirl” in acoustic versions with her co-producers Max Martin and Shellback, which will appear on four ...

How a Stanford University research team used acoustic waves to manipulate light. Device implementation involving gold nanoparticles placed in a particle-on-mirror configuration with a compressible ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ian Dickson/Redferns Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, ...

Scallon on his guitar journey so far, from the surprise success of making an album in a day, to his combat-laden guitaRPG video game that serves as a love letter to instrument ...

A string trimmer gets into places that a lawn mower can’t. It’s the ideal tool for keeping the edges of your garden or walkway neat and tidy, and for manicuring around fence poles and tree trunks. It ...

This is part of Seeking Quiet, a collection of stories that highlights our quest for stillness in an increasingly noisy world. Read more here. Gordon Hempton cares immensely about quiet. As an ...