You’ve most certainly heard a pedal steel guitar before, most likely in any ‘old’ country song, or more specifically, any country song that doesn’t include the word ‘truck’ in its lyrics.

By Alex Williams Susan Alcorn, an experimental composer and musician who pushed the pedal steel guitar, an instrument more often associated with the country music roadhouse, into the avant-garde ...

Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer, and improviser Susan Alcorn, who played an important role in broadening the horizons of the instrument beyond country, Hawaiian music, and traditional folk ...

One of the world’s premiere exponents of her instrument, Susan Alcorn has taken the pedal steel guitar far beyond its traditional role in country music. Having first paid her dues in Texas country & ...

After coming to the pedal steel guitar through country bands ... award-winning performance style drew from free jazz, classical music, Indian ragas, bluegrass, and Indigenous traditions, among ...

In a post on X, the experimental music group High Zero Foundation announced that Susan Alcorn, a pioneer in pedal steel guitar, has died. If you purchase a product or register for an account ...