Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue ...

Growing up on a farm 10 miles east of Springfield, Speedy West first became acquainted with the steel guitar at a young age ...

The pedal steel became central to his groundbreaking career.

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 ...

Musicians and fans of the steel guitar gathered to celebrate Hawaii’s gift to the world at the second annual Kona Steel Guitar Festival held April 4-6 at the Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa.

ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- In this one-room sanctuary on a suburban New Jersey street, a rock-and-roll icon was born. It was in the House of God church in the '80s and '90s a young Robert Randolph ...

Early in Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, Steve Fishell’s deft and lively biography, we meet the future legend as a skinny, high school-hating 14-year-old boy on his bike, hanging around outside a bar ...

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

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: ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Alan Akaka is a master at producing haunting melodies and harmonies on the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. As the eight-stringed instrument rests on his lap, he glides a ...