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It's a caressing, acoustic-guitar farewell with layers of angelic vocal overdubs and electronic strings akin to 10cc's "I'm Not in Love."

A New Take on an Early Rock Icon Marc Myers 2011

If the melancholy trumpet and gentle breeze of an acoustic-guitar melody that opens the film against footage of a blue-green sea seems like a raging cliché, it's only a seductive false alarm.

Beat the Heat With a Reel Meal and a Jaunt to Brazil Steve Dollar 2011

Mr. Barlow's wan, wavering voice can silence a room with just a few supporting acoustic-guitar chords, and his past as an original member of Dinosaur Jr. means he knows how to rock, too.

Rocking Out, Plugging In Andy Battaglia 2011

My new favorite song — played and replayed umpteen times over the past day is a simple, fabulous acoustic-guitar Lady Gaga medley by Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider.

Rachel Sklar: America's Next Huge Pop Stars: Two College Kids Playing On YouTube 2010

Mr. Young's typically off-beat effort is produced by Daniel Lanois, who takes acoustic-guitar solo songs by Mr. Young and soups them up with eerie, gnarly atmospherics.

The Short List: A Guide to This Week's Arts and Entertainment 2010

In between was Metallica, whose Kirk Hammett (racing deedly, deedly leads) and James Hetfield (crunching low rhythm chords and acoustic-guitar elegies) both filled the video screen with faces of scrunched-up concentration and triumphant conclusion.

Bonnaroo: Jack White, Guitar Hero - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

In between was Metallica, whose Kirk Hammett (racing deedly, deedly leads) and James Hetfield (crunching low rhythm chords and acoustic-guitar elegies) both filled the video screen with faces of scrunched-up concentration and triumphant conclusion.

Bonnaroo: Jack White, Guitar Hero - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

The guitarist had good intentions when self-releasing In Search of the Turtle's Navel in 1975, but the monstrosity it created -- namely, Windham Hill -- helped this musical "style" underlie any sappy, over-sentimentalized acoustic-guitar and flute driven album recorded since.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Flutes, Pianos, and Otis Redding 2009

They featured pleasant acoustic-guitar strumming, bucolic imagery including a couple of fellows holding and petting ducks in the great outdoors and smooth-voiced narrators delivering the standard talking points about how foie gras is a natural, historical and traditional product that requires nice treatment of the birds.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

They featured pleasant acoustic-guitar strumming, bucolic imagery including a couple of fellows holding and petting ducks in the great outdoors and smooth-voiced narrators delivering the standard talking points about how foie gras is a natural, historical and traditional product that requires nice treatment of the birds.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009