Since releasing 'Altar of Harmony,' his 2020 debut on Jack White's Third Man Records, Luke Schneider has been redefining the role of the pedal steel guitar and showing audiences how dynamic the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Steel guitarist Pete Finney, who toured with Patty Loveless for more than 20 years and recorded with myriad ...

After previewing the arrival of a new song earlier this week, Bryan Sutton and Billy Strings’ latest effort has culminated in “The Devil Went Down to Deep Gap,” a collision of acoustic and electric ...

In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s Blues Tent, he received a standing ovation before he began to play. According to The ...

"Doc Watson: A Life in Music” by Eddie Huffman, University of North Carolina Press, 288 pages In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage ...

Arthel "Doc" Watson, the master flatpicker guitar player who influenced generations of musicians with his command of traditional music and embrace of bluegrass, blues and other styles, died today at ...

Robby Turner, who was best known for his work with Waylon Jennings, died Thursday. He was 63. The news of Turner, known as the “Man of Steel,” was confirmed by his son Bobby Turner on Facebook. “We’re ...

On Friday night, five months after the surprise release of their Live at the Legion LP, acclaimed bluegrass pickers Billy Strings and Bryan Sutton rekindled their collaborative efforts for their first ...

Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) is revered as one of the most influential and respected guitar players in the history of traditional music. Originally hailing from Deep Gap, NC ...

In the UK’s revolutionary steel town, Mark learns the newest metal is actually the steel guitar. Mark joins musicians at the Tramlines festival of Sheffield and discovers the newest metal of “Steel ...

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 ...