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, ...

As the sound of country music has shifted, the emotive whir of its classic instrument has often been sidelined. The complicated antique has found new life in surprising forms. By Grayson Haver Currin ...

KAILUA, Hawaii — 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 ...

The late Pete Drake was a well-known Nashville session player whose pedal steel guitar licks were heard on many of country music’s biggest during the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. Songs like George Jones’ ...

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 ...

Turner played for artists including Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen & Chris Stapleton. By Jessica Nicholson Accomplished steel guitar player and producer Robby Turner, who has played with artists ...