November 2010

Bossa Dogg (Snoop and João Gilberto Meet for a Sensual Seduction)

Acoustic Humor

João Gilberto and Snoop Dogg make an unlikely pairing. The former, a 79 year old Brazilian guitarist and singer, invented the Bossa Nova style during the late ‘50s. The latter, well.. you know who he is. Gilberto, along with legendary saxophonist Stan Getz, made an album in the style – entitled Getz/Gilberto – which won [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Fingerstyle Acoustic Version of Peaches en Regalia

Acoustic Covers

We at The Acoustic Version are on a perpetual mission to unearth interesting, innovative, and just plain awesome acoustic versions of songs. We’ve featured some no-brainers – like Dave Grohl’s My Hero – and some less likely acoustic adaptations – like Led Zeppelin’s (disputed) Black Dog. But there are a few Holy Grails which we [...]

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Roland Dyens Plays an Acoustic Version of Night in Tunisia

Acoustic Covers

Night in Tunisia began turning heads immediately after Dizzy Gillespie, the great jazz trumpeter, composed it in 1942. An instant standard, it has been covered countless times in almost as many styles, ranging from Victor Wooten’s tap- and slap-bass to Ella Fitzgerald’s sultry storytelling to Bobby McFerrin’s impossibly virtuosic vocal interpretation. Well, add classical fingerstyle [...]

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It’s Time Weezer Got Back to the Good Life

Acoustic Originals

A large part of Weezer‘s appeal through the ‘90s and into the aughts was Rivers Cuomo‘s refusal to, well, grow up. His angst-ridden ballads of love lost – and love unrequited (like Pink Triangle) – spoke to a generation of teens who recognized themselves in him (or wanted to, anyway). Yet, despite that familiar-sounding profile, [...]

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