The lap steel guitar is an instrument with a fascinating history — albeit one more closely tied to country and Hawaiian music than to blues. Nevertheless, Sonny Rhodes spends much of his time onstage ...
Mentorship has always been a huge part of learning how to play blues music. For Selwyn Birchwood, that inspiration and those ...
Freddie Roulette, a musician who helped bring the lap steel guitar — an instrument long associated with Hawaiian music — into blues, rock and funk to dazzling effect, died Dec. 24 at his home in ...
KAILUA-KONA When you hear Seth Freeman play guitar, you quickly realize these are not the same old licks, and he is one of those rare, soulful talents who has not only mastered his instrument, he has ...
A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret the ...
EAGLE – Blues guitarist Randall Dubis returns to the stage at the Bowlmor Caf & Lounge, in the Back Bowl in Eagle Saturday at 8 p.m.With a resume that reveals a life of years on the road developing ...