A Toledo musician has opened a museum to preserve the history of sacred steel, an African American gospel tradition built ...

Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Steel Guitar Convention rolled back into the Palmetto State Sunday, as musicians, and really anyone with the urge to play some tunes, banded together.

The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling musicians from Hawaii. It evolved beyond its association with a tropical ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The steel guitar has brought two musicians and a well-known singer together. The relationship builds a bridge between Mississippi and Australia. Legendary Australian steel ...

John Hughey, renowned session steel guitar player who toured with Vince Gill and Conway Twitty, was born on this day in 1933.

A documentary making its Iowa premiere on September 10 spotlights a so-called "dying" instrument and a Cedar Falls man who engenders future generations of musicians. That Thing That Sound explores the ...

Half a century ago, steel guitar greats Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness played pedal steel on the Byrds' 1968 record "Sweetheart of the Rodeo." Now, they're revisiting the seminal country rock album.

HONOLULU (KITV4) – The first Live Steel Guitar Music Festival has returned to Oahu. The 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be held on Saturday, June 11 at the Kaneohe Windward Mall and begins at ...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. —The sound of steel strings and twangy notes will fill the air of Baxter Springs during the 15th annual Steel Guitar Rendezvous slated for Friday through Sunday The Kansas Steel ...

An innovative instrumentalist has died, leading many in the music industry to pay their respects. In a post on X, the experimental music group High Zero Foundation announced that Susan Alcorn, a ...

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, ...