Eighty-nine years ago today, the pedal steel guitarist who changed the sound of country music forever was born.

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.

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 pedal steel became central to his groundbreaking career.

Ken Champion likes to joke that he hasn’t worked a day since 1969–the year he became a professional musician. In the 70s he played guitar in barnstorming bar bands, and in the 80s he was a journeyman ...

WHO: Pedal steel guitar player Noah Faulkner. WHAT: This teenager inserts a country twang into eighties (and beyond) covers for his dog, Kara, and nearly 40,000 Instagram followers. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: ...

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, ...

This year is off to a great start for Roger Edgington. The steel guitarist celebrated his 70th birthday in March, marked his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Judy, last week, and was inducted ...