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 ...
At Webster Hall on a recent Saturday night, the rock band Larkin Poe was half an hour into a master class in massive guitar tone when Rebecca Lovell, who fronts the group, called out, “My big sis is ...
Ben Harper has announced his new album Winter Is for Lovers, a solo effort that features Harper and his Monteleone lap steel guitar across 15 original instrumental compositions. As a preview for 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 ...