Country music
Pedal Steel
You’ve heard the plaintive cry of the steel guitar. The sound comes from lightly gliding a steel bar along a set of guitar strings, and it’s the signature note of country music from Jimmie Rogers the Singing Brakeman to Shania Twain. Studio 360’s David Krasnow traces the birth of the instrument that put the west […]
Special Guest: Rosanne Cash
Kurt Andersen and singer Rosanne Cash talk about being an artist in the shadow of a famous and talented parent. Rosanne Cash is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and author. Over the last twenty years she’s released eleven albums which have earned her several #1 hits. Last year she came out with Rules of Travel, her […]
Aha Moment: Pedal Steel
When he was a young musician, Chas Smith had zero interest in country music, and had never really paid attention to the painstakingly slow, textured flow of sounds that come from the pedal steel guitar. He recently told Studio 360’s David Krasnow how an accident of faith and a bad habit lead to his mastering […]