On this day (November 18) in 2007, legendary pedal steel guitar player John Hughey died at the age of 73. His distinctive “crying steel” style appeared on the recordings of multiple A-list acts. He ...

This one's for guitarists who enjoy messing with tones, but spend way too much time trying to lock in the perfect sound. Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it ...

Robby Turner, the steel guitar legend known in Nashville as the "Man of Steel," died on Thursday (Sept. 4). He was 63 years old. Turner's son Bobby Turner confirmed the news on Facebook. "We're sad, ...

Renowned pedal steel guitarist Robby Turner has died at the age of 63. Turner was a celebrated multi-instrumentalist who played with country legends like The Highwaymen, Waylon Jennings, and Loretta ...

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, ...

With a daring avant-garde approach, she pushed the frontiers of an instrument best known for speaking with a down-home accent. By Alex Williams Susan Alcorn, an experimental composer and musician who ...

Susan Alcorn, the revered pedal steel guitarist who brought the instrument beyond its traditional role in country music, died on Friday, January 31. Baltimore’s High Zero Foundation shared the news ...

Susan Alcorn, the pioneering pedal steel player who steered the instrument in experimental, improvisational directions, has died. The High Zero Foundation, an experimental music organization and ...

Some steel stocks are outperforming after Donald Trump's presidential victory. Shares of Nucor soared 16%, Steel Dynamics surged 14% and United States Steel Corp gained 8.5%. That comes as steel ...

Emily Nenni will be bringing her unique country sound to the District Bar on Monday, June 24. One of the rising stars within the diehard Americana scene, Nenni has been a favorite of those who still ...

(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - Nate Hofer grew up in Eudora, Kansas, within sight of the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, a sprawling complex that was once the largest smokeless gunpowder plant in the world.