Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...

A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret the ...

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: ...

A group of Oklahomans have come together to celebrate and preserve the steel guitar. The steel guitar has long held a special place in classic country music. As the modern music landscape changes, the ...

Half a century ago, steel guitar greats Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness played pedal steel on the Byrds' 1968 record "Sweetheart of the Rodeo." Now, they're revisiting the seminal country rock album.

HUNTINGTON -- In a recent interview with The Herald Dispatch, country music star Marty Stuart talked about the inclusion of six different steel guitar players on his latest Grammy-winning album, ...

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 ...