On this day (November 18) in 2007, legendary pedal steel guitar player John Hughey died at the age of 73. His distinctive “crying steel” style appeared on the recordings of multiple A-list acts. He ...

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Steel Dynamics Inc. shipped a record 3.6 million tons of steel during the third quarter, ended Sept. 30. The Fort Wayne-based manufacturer reported net income of $404 million, or $2.74 per diluted ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cleveland has always held a certain kind of magic. Long before platinum records, Grammy nominations and three decades on the road, he remembers pulling into ...

Robby Turner, the steel guitar legend known in Nashville as the "Man of Steel," died on Thursday (Sept. 4). He was 63 years old. Turner's son Bobby Turner confirmed the news on Facebook. "We're sad, ...

The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

Lil Wayne is a lot of things: He’s a bona fide rap legend. He’s perpetually late. He’s eccentric. He’s fun. He’s also terrible at guitar — yet he still rocks. Dwayne Carter Jr., a.k.a. Weezy F. Baby ...

Shay Wright announced the news of her husband's death on June 25, five years after he was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 25 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

Hatebreed have revealed that guitarist Wayne Lozinak has been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and will be stepping away from their immediate tour plans. In alerting fans to the current change in ...

Through his Play It Forward campaign, Carl Wayne Meekins gifts guitars to Alpha Omega Veterans Services, supporting music therapy and raising awareness for veteran needs. Trump orders release of ...