Whitney on Singing Drummers, Roommates as Bandmates, and the Problem With Steel Guitar

Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich of Whitney are still living in the same Chicago apartment. They talk to GQ columnist Chris ...
Independent Record

Pedal steel player calls Butte home while touring nationally

Eric Heywood has performed with acts like Ani DiFranco, Son Volt, and more. Since moving to Montana, he's collaborated with ...

Clarence White - the revolutionary bluegrass guitarist who led a tragically short life

A new RNZ audio documentary explores the brilliant musicianship and musical legacy of Clarence White (1944 - 1973).
MetalSucks

Help Fu Manchu Identify These Guitar Pedal Stealing Assholes

Going to shows is a privilege we as metalheads often take for granted. The people we go to see perform do so at great financial, physical, and emotional cost, so the least we could do is not trash the ...
Tennessean

Renowned Nashville pedal steel player Robby Turner dies at 63

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 ...
MusicRadar

"He's not using a guitar amp. He's using a Tascam 424": JHS Pedals puts a Portastudio in a pedal to help you recreate Mk.gee's "elastic, lo-fi tones"

After sharing several teasers over the past week hinting at the identity of a mysterious new stompbox, JHS Pedals has unveiled the 424 Gain Stage, a preamp pedal designed to recreate the lo-fi tones ...
American Songwriter

The Pink Stones Introduce Their Next Album with the New Steel Guitar-Soaked Heartbroken Banger “If I Can’t Win (With You)” (Exclusive Premiere)

The Pink Stones found critical acclaim with their 2023 sophomore album, You Know Who. Today (July 1), they announced their next album, Thank the Lord… It’s the Pink Stones with the lead single, “If I ...
The State

Columbia recording studio & guitar pedal manufacturer expand into new home

In our Inside Look stories, The State's journalists take you inside places around South Carolina that you maybe haven't seen before. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. The first time Kenny ...
The Citizen

‘I believe the Earth needs healing’: US R&B star AJ Ghent on bringing world tour to South Africa

American singer and lap steel guitar virtuoso AJ Ghent is heading to South Africa for the first time this October as part of his global tour. AJ will perform at the Carnival City Big Top Arena on 10 ...
MusicRadar

“Studio-grade tone shaping in a compact pedal format that is purpose-built for low-end instruments, not just adapted from guitar gear”: Empress Effects unveils the Bass ...

Empress Effects has just launched the Bass ParaEq, an EQ pedal that it says is the world’s first to be designed specifically for bass guitar. That’s right, it’s not just a guitar pedal that does a ...
The New York Times

Susan Alcorn, Voyager on Pedal Steel Guitar, Dies at 71

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 ...
Stereogum

Pedal Steel Innovator Susan Alcorn Has Died

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 ...