Joe Buchanan sets Jewish prayers and ideas into country ballads — an unusual combo given the genre's use by Christian bands.

In 2012, Nathan Golub had been playing the pedal steel guitar for four years, methodically learning new techniques, tricks and licks. A veteran of bluegrass and rock acts, he had joined a country-rock ...

You’ve most certainly heard a pedal steel guitar before, most likely in any ‘old’ country song, or more specifically, any country song that doesn’t include the word ‘truck’ in its lyrics. Pedal steels ...

Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer, and improviser Susan Alcorn, who played an important role in broadening the horizons of the instrument beyond country, Hawaiian music, and traditional folk music ...

Tickets: $17.50 on Friday (includes hors d'oeuvres) and $30 Saturday (includes dinner); call (937) 322-0397. SPRINGFIELD — It was 1971, and Wayne Hobbs had just been hired to back Jerry Lee Lewis on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Gary Miller/WireImage The latest album from Cage The Elephant was a long time coming. As ...

An anchor of the classic mid-century Nashville sound, the pedal steel guitar has been a trusted part of the broader pop palette at least since Jerry Garcia added affable, if primitive, pedal steel to ...

Jerry Fessenden builds a pedal steel guitar in his Montpelier workshop Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur “This is a horrible little shop,” Jerry Fessenden says as he opens the door to a shack abutting the ...

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, ...

Justin Vernon has been writing under the enigmatic moniker Bon Iver since 2006, releasing heartfelt, experimental, indie folk ...

Norwalk becomes the pedal steel guitar capital of Connecticut — and points beyond — when it hosts the 46th annual Steel Guitar Celebration at the Doubletree Hotel on Nov. 10. The Pedal Steel Guitar ...

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: ...