That mindset led her to invest in an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal so her hands could focus on playing rather than manipulating the guitar itself. Then she realized its usefulness ...

Despite calling it a “hot mess,” Samantha Fish says a volume pedal is her tried-and-tested approach to creating volume swells ...

One hundred six years ago today, the influential steel guitar master who played with some classic country's biggest stars was born.

The instrument is shaking off its conventional connotations to deliver a whole new world of soundscaping ...

On March 11, 1972, legendary rock musician Neil Young went No.1 on both the U.S. and U.K. album charts with his fourth studio album, Harvest. The album was initially released on Feb. 14, 1972, and was ...

Helms got his first steel guitar, a Sears Silvertone, at age 15. Because the family farm had no electricity, he played the instrument over a washtub to make it resonate, according to the New York ...

Set against Nomad War Machine’s apocalyptic, detuned intensity, the steady currents of Alcorn’s playing have a tectonic power, like rivers of lava scouring the landscape to remake the terrain beneath ...

Remembrance Sunday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Ford Theater Pete Finney, a revered lap-steel and pedal-steel guitarist and longtime Nashvillian who worked with ...

Angelique Francis has a message for those who contend that Ottawa Bluesfest abandoned its roots as a blues festival long ago: ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Canadian singer/songwriter Julianna Riolino about her new solo, self-released album, "Echo in the Dust." ...

Helm’s “A Legacy of Hawaiian Song & String, Volume 1” reclaims the narrative of Hawai‘i’s musical past, rediscovering the ...

Last year, the great veteran singer-songwriter Cass McCombs released his album Interior Live Oak. McCombs’ old friend and collaborator Chris Cohen co-produced the LP. Cohen, formerly of Deerhoof and ...