“Maggie’s Farm” originally appeared on Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album, which was released in April 1965. The song was released as a single in the U.K., peaking at No. 22 in that country. The ...

In this video, we melt crucible steel from a spring. From the resulting ingot we make a chopper knife. We decided to make a knife handle from a particularly durable material - carbon fiber. The knife ...

Originally from the sandhills of South Carolina, Vilai Harrington grew up firmly planted in his soulful country upbringing.

The reissue comes in several formats: 3xLP, 2xCD, Blu-ray, digital, and a Deluxe Box Set. Fans can expect an incredible collection of previously unreleased rarities, including: “The Machine Song (Demo ...

Robby Turner, the steel guitar legend known in Nashville as the "Man of Steel," died on Thursday (Sept. 4). He was 63 years old. Turner's son Bobby Turner confirmed the news on Facebook. "We're sad, ...

Renowned pedal steel guitarist Robby Turner has died at the age of 63. Turner was a celebrated multi-instrumentalist who played with country legends like The Highwaymen, Waylon Jennings, and Loretta ...

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, ...

A PIEDMONT TRIAD NATIVE IS HEADED TO AMERICA’S GOT TALENT. DESHAWN HICKMAN IS HIS NAME. HE’S A PEDAL STEEL GUITAR PLAYER FROM MOUNT AIRY, AND HE’S MAKING HIS. DEBUT TONIGHT. HE SAYS HE KNEW PLAYING ...

There is usually nothing out of the ordinary about watching musicians setting up instruments on stage. But with Susan Alcorn, it was different – when combining all of the elements of the pedal steel ...

Susan Alcorn, an experimental composer and musician who pushed the pedal steel guitar, an instrument more often associated with the country music roadhouse, into the avant-garde, died Friday in ...

Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer, and improviser Susan Alcorn, who played an important role in broadening the horizons of the instrument beyond country, Hawaiian music, and traditional folk music ...

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 ...