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In a small shop next to his Fairhope home, Joel Teel builds guitars. Exquisite guitars. He crafts “handcrafted, heirloom quality, boutique, one-of-a-kind, steel-string guitars.” ...

In the right hands, the acoustic guitar becomes a world of sound that transgresses the limitations of the instrument and the role as mere accompaniment. Genres become blurred and suddenly the strings ...

Kottke’s second album, “6- and 12-String Guitar,” a solo instrumental steel-string record originally released in 1969 on mentor John Fahey’s Takoma label, remains his best-known album. Commonly ...

Follow the journey of the steel string, acoustic guitar from humble beginnings to the world's most popular instrument. Musicologist Greg Reish explains how what was basically a quiet instrument ...

From shape to tone, classical to steel-strung, we answer some of the most commonly asked questions surrounding the wonderful world of acoustic guitars ...

“Leadfoot” puts Strings firmly in the driver’s seat: he plays acoustic guitar, EBow electric guitar, banjo, steel guitar, and bass, and sings about a hot-rodding driver who can’t find the ...

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Kilin Reece, who founded the Hawaiian music nonprofit Kealaki Center for Pacific Strings in 2019, said a renewed interest in Native languages and culture has enabled grant funding for projects that ...

According to Troutman, stores in London started stocking steel guitars in the early 1920s. By the 1940s, people were packing into Shanghai clubs to hear the Hawaiian steel guitar.