Luke Schneider has long been an in-demand sideman in Nashville, and now he's an ambient new age composer. In both capacities, Schneider deploys the pedal steel, an instrument that usually adds some ...

Chuck Johnson's music always finds the calm at the center of the storm. He's best known for his hypnotic, yet lyrical, solo guitar work, but for his new record Balsams Johnson meditates on — and ...

When you hear steel guitar in a song, it’s usually used as supplemental instrumentation, adding texture to the tunes. You generally don’t expect to see the men and women of steel in the forefront, and ...

NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich pens the weekly newsletter Viking's Choice. This week, host Peter O'Dowd checks in with Gotrich to see what he's been listening to, ranging from fantasy power metal to ...

Chuck Johnson's best known for his hypnotic, yet lyrical solo guitar work, but for his new record, Balsams, Johnson meditates on the lush ambiance... Chuck Johnson's music always finds the calm at the ...