But with Susan Alcorn, it was different – when combining all of the elements of the pedal steel guitar to assemble a full instrument ... Messiaen’s music inspired Alcorn to change from playing a ...

Susan Alcorn, the pioneering pedal steel player who steered the instrument in experimental, improvisational directions, has died. The High Zero Foundation, an experimental music organization and ...

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With their third album, 8 tableaux (which was inspired by the ... centers around gorgeous cascades of synth disguised as pedal steel, undergirded by a serene, sonorous drone.

"The five-string banjo was the first instrument ... Garcia played banjo, guitar and kazoo. He taught himself to play pedal steel guitar, an instrument popularized on the Hawaiian Islands and ...

Nate Hofer inside the Atlas F missile base near Wilson, Kansas, where he recorded "Decommissioned." Kansas City musician Nate Hofer took his pedal steel guitar 30 feet down into an inter ...

"I'm pretty nervous, but I'm definitely excited about it," Hickman, who plays the pedal steel guitar, said. The Mount Airy native has been packing his bags for his long tour. "Opportunities like ...

Akaka, who has been playing Hawaiian steel guitar for more than 50 years, was not initially drawn to the instrument, despite hearing it at parties and luaus while growing up. As an 8-year-old ... gold ...

Akaka, who has been playing Hawaiian steel guitar for more than 50 years, was not initially drawn to the instrument, despite hearing it at parties and luaus while growing up. As an 8-year-old ...

The Salem multi-instrumentalist already has a busy career playing guitar and pedal steel as a sideman for Josh ... “The Raising of a Large Barn,” features a string quartet arranged by Williams.