Acoustic Alchemy二人组，凭借在各种音乐类型上——从爵士到新世纪——游刃有余的表现，已经牢牢取得了Adult Contemporary排行榜（以后简称AC榜）上的成功。

此组合于80年代中期由声学吉他（木吉他）手Greg Carmichael和电吉他手Nick Webb组成。Carmichael加入之前，Webb和Simon James录了第一次音。音乐背景方面，Webb在里兹音乐学院研习爵士吉他，而Carmichael在伦敦音乐学院研习古典吉他。

两人得到的第一次专职音乐工作是为Virgin航空公司提供跨大西洋航线的“座机途中音乐”。87年，他们签约MCA唱片公司，并发行首张专辑《Red Dust and Spanish Lace》。整张企画包括一首中文雷鬼风格单曲《Mr. Chow》，此曲将成为Acoustic
Alchemy脍炙人口的名作。

发行了超过两首热门金曲后，二人组于1990年转投GRP label。第一次为其效力而创作的《Reference Point》就给两人带会了格莱美奖的提名。而且接下来几年他们又屡有
新歌发行。

98年，Acoustic Alchemy以“二人组”为名义制作了最后一张专辑《Positive Thinking》。是年2月6日，Nick Webb死于胰腺癌，很快，专辑面市，成了绝响。

2000年，Carmichael招兵重组，队员是长期的乐队成员，有吉他手John Parsons、键盘手Terry Disley和Tony White、制作兼吉他手Miles Gilderdale、贝司手Frank Felix。首战成果是《The Beautiful Game》。而翌年的《AART》为他们赢来了格莱美奖最佳流行乐器演奏专辑的荣誉。02年，他们又发行了《The Very Best of Acoustic Alchemy》。

在Acoustic Alchemy的职业生涯中，始终坚持以创作金曲来争夺AC榜上的排名。由于乐队风格多样——爵士，新世纪，雷鬼，民谣，甚至弗拉明戈——故已赢得全世界乐迷的青睐。


During the late '80s and '90s, Nick Webb and Greg Carmichael produced a series of mellow albums classified as adult contemporary music, though the guitarists encompass the range of jazz and new age as well. Both grew up in England during the '60s listening to pop/rock, though Webb studied jazz guitar at Leeds College of Music while Carmichael focused on classical guitar at the London College of Music. Originally formed by Webb and Simon James, Acoustic Alchemy later became Webb and Carmichael; the duo initially worked for Virgin Airlines, providing in-flight music on trans-Atlantic trips. Signed to MCA in the mid-'80s, Acoustic Alchemy released its debut album, Red Dust & Spanish Lace, in 1987. After two subsequent releases, the duo signed with GRP in 1990. Their second GRP album, Reference Point, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Positive Thinking followed in 1998 in the wake of Webb's February 6 cancer-related death; their jazz content was quite small, but Acoustic Alchemy's albums consistently charted number one on the adult contemporary charts. By 2000, Carmichael unveiled a revamped Acoustic Alchemy that included longtime sidemen like bassist Frank Felix, guitarists John Parsons and Miles Gilderdale, and keyboardist Terry Disley, as well as new members such as keyboardist Tony White. That year's The Beautiful Game was the new lineup's first release. AArt followed in 2001 and proved to be the group's biggest splash, landing them another Grammy nomination that year. Empowered by that success, the band continued to tour and, when they had time, record. The resulting two albums, 2003's Radio Contact and 2005's American/English (still on Higher Octave), further solidified the new lineup and ushered in the release of the concert/documentary DVD Best Kept Secret in 2006. 2007 found Acoustic Alchemy collaborating with Higher Octave labelmates Down to the Bone for the album This Way.