When you hear steel guitar in a song, it’s usually used as supplemental instrumentation, adding texture to the tunes. You generally don’t expect to see the men and women of steel in the forefront, and ...

Joe Goldmark may boast a staggering record collection, be a partner in a famously ecumenical record store and play all kinds of pop music on his pedal steel guitar, but he admits his musical passions ...

Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, ...

Helms got his first steel guitar, a Sears Silvertone, at age 15. Because the family farm had no electricity, he played the instrument over a washtub to make it resonate, according to the New York ...

The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

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WHO: Pedal steel guitar player Noah Faulkner. WHAT: This teenager inserts a country twang into eighties (and beyond) covers for his dog, Kara, and nearly 40,000 Instagram followers. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: ...

This year is off to a great start for Roger Edgington. The steel guitarist celebrated his 70th birthday in March, marked his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Judy, last week, and was inducted ...