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 ...
Who could have imagined that a few serendipitous events on a remote Pacific island in the 19th century would fundamentally change American music. In 1832 Hawaii's king brought Mexican cowboys to the ...
Fredrik Kinbom chooses his instruments wisely. The Swedish multi-instrumentalist and half of Berlin-based duo Kinbom/Brandenburg is a composer who approaches his roles with a big picture vision ...
On June 12, 1952, future country music innovator Junior Brown was born in Kirksville, Indiana. While Brown, 73, would go on ...
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A mad idea made real: Meet the ADDAC four string, a modular synth and lap steel hybrid
The ADDAC System Four String Series marries modular synthesis with pluckable strings and a host of quirky pickup and ...
Freddie Roulette, a musician who helped bring the lap steel guitar — an instrument long associated with Hawaiian music — into blues, rock and funk to dazzling effect, died Dec. 24 at his home in ...
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