It's almost impossible to know everything about country music but these facts will make you sound like an expert.

“This kind of music is so important to not only country music, but the steel guitar is used in a lot of music and other genres.” Mike Sweeney came all the way from Nashville, Tennessee to jam ...

At age eleven, country music star Barbara Mandrell was known as “The Princess of Steel” – not for a cold demeanor, but for prowess on the steel guitar. A true prodigy, she could read music ...

One of the world’s premiere exponents of her instrument, Susan Alcorn has taken the pedal steel guitar far beyond its traditional role in country music. Having first paid her dues in Texas country & ...

Prior to playing Nashville's Cannery Hall, Maui-born Maoli highlighted why his Pacific Islands sound intersects with ...

You’ve most certainly heard a pedal steel guitar before, most likely in any ‘old’ country song, or more specifically, any country song that doesn’t include the word ‘truck’ in its lyrics.

Chappell Roan delivers with 'The Giver,' a campy 'lesbian country' earworm. Here are some other queer country tracks to ...

After more than 55 years, Randy Boyd doesn’t only continue to play the steel guitar because ... My uncle Leroy played electric guitar and he played polkas and other music that just captured ...

Multi-talented singer-songwriter and musician Marty Stuart fell in love with country music ... Vaughn on guitar, Harry Stinson on drums, and – since 2015 – Chris Scruggs on steel guitar ...

In practice, that fusion gave her music the sound and smoothness ... Alcorn had immersed herself in the pedal steel guitar and was playing in country and western swing bands in Houston, Texas.