Joe Goldmark has made the steel guitar his mission in life. He is not just a player, though he's one of the best in town, but he also wrote a book about it, collects recording and makes records of his ...

Robert Randolph had no plans or dreams to take his fiery talents on the pedal steel guitar beyond the New Jersey church where ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE — When Brett Resnick began focusing on playing the pedal steel guitar in 2010, one of his first gigs was at an Indian restaurant in Boston. Looking back, Resnick laughs about the opportunity ...

The spring of 2002 was a good one for Denny Mathis: The Texas Steel Guitar Association inducted the San Antonio legend into its Hall of Fame, an honor Mathis earned by spending the past 40 years in ...

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 ...