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Thinking About Giving Lap Steel a Go? These Four Essential Tips From Megan Lovell Will Help You Get Started By Vinnie DeMasi published 16 December 22 If you want to go horizontal, don't miss these useful pointers from the Larkin Poe maestro
Need to Hit the Reset Button? Listen to Herby Remington’s ‘Steel Guitar Holiday’ By Jim Campilongo published 18 April 22 This vinyl treasure is a high-octane palate cleanser and something positive to binge on.
Here's Why Junior Brown is Bar-Band Virtuosity Personified By Jim Campilongo published 1 March 22 ‘Guit With It’ reveals the show-stopping excitement of his guit-steel double-neck performance in full.
The Curious Tale of the Talk Box: Where Man and Woman Meets Machine. By Rod Brakes published 26 October 21 From the pioneers of electric jazz to classic rock we take a look at one of the guitar world’s oldest effects.
The Revivalists’ Guitar Duo Zack Feinberg and Ed Williams Talk Creativity in the Wake of Success By Jim Beaugez published 8 October 21 The New Orleans stars discuss their unique musical kinship and the making of their latest long-player ‘Take Good Care.’