First airing on November 26 1989, ‘MTV Unplugged’ offers artists a unique platform to showcase their talents while reinventing live music in the process. It was a cultural phenomenon that defined an ...

This release is composed of two performances that the band made on the U.S. television show MTV Unplugged. Among the album's 33 tracks are 11 performances which were not aired on either broadcast.

Listening to Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, recorded 32 years ago today, remains a haunting experience. Taped live in November 1993, and released as a Grammy-winning, chart-topping album a year ...

In the fall of 1994, after the shock and grief among fans, fellow artists, and the music media over the death of Kurt Cobain had settled, news about plans for the first posthumous Nirvana release ...

Nirvana defied the expectations of both their fans and MTV when they appeared on the network’s Unplugged series; the fans who didn’t think the group’s songs could make the transition to acoustic ...

Everyone remembers the sweater, but I mostly remember the hush. Thanks to accounts that have emerged since, we now know what was taking place in the days leading up to that taping. Since Nirvana had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nirvana's appearance on MTV Unplugged might now be considered one of the most iconic live performances of all time, but the run-up ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Nirvana’s transcendent live acoustic album ...