Setting a new benchmark for live recordings, the best ‘MTV Unplugged’ performances remain cultural touchstones that shone a new light on classic songs.

"MTV Unplugged" premiered rather quietly in the fall of 1989 as an acoustic showcase for serious musicians (like 10,000 Maniacs and Michael Penn) who didn't go in for the glitz and glam most ...

18, 1993. "MTV Unplugged in New York" would go on to be first album released by the band after Kurt Cobain's death the following spring. These 20 albums are the best of the best.

Offering hints as to where Nirvana could have gone next, ‘MTV Unplugged In New York’ remains one of the greatest live albums of all time. The statistics speak for themselves, and the album has ...

The stage set for Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance looked like a funeral ... and this David Bowie classic is the absolute best of the bunch. What it also shows off is the range of Cobain’s voice.

“Black” is one of Pearl Jam’s biggest songs, and their MTV Unplugged version of the track is on another level. Eddie Vedder’s vocals are on another level in this version, and the resonator ...

Eric Clapton‘s 1992 “MTV Unplugged” performance will soon grace the big screen, as well as launch on Paramount+. With bonus content of Clapton discussing the inspiration behind songs right ...

MTV Unplugged will go down in music history as one of the best live performance shows of its generation. Over the course of its run, there were so many incredible performances from a myriad of ...

Paramount announces a restoration of Eric Clapton’s 1992 performance on “MTV Unplugged,” an expanded ... making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. But any hope that the ...