This writer met Mike Slotboom in Memphis, TN, at the International Blues Challenge—though at the time, we had no idea we were standing next to one of the most respected craftsmen in the world of ...

Three years ago, somewhere between a string of shows across Alabama, Nashville, and Mississippi, this writer did what musicians have been doing for decades: we pointed the car toward Muscle Shoals.

The pedal steel became central to his groundbreaking career.

Eighty-nine years ago today, the pedal steel guitarist who changed the sound of country music forever was born.

Good guitar playing doesn’t always mean virtuostic technique or culturally relevant riffs. It’s about telling a story with ...