Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) ...

Steel Century Groove started full-time development in 2021 as a solo project. Building Midnight as a spin-off provided an opportunity to tell a new story and introduce the world to players from a ...

"There's a guitar made in the '70s by Allan Gittler [held in the MoMA design collection] that is basically just a steel rod with steel frets welded on," Stummvoll says. “It's really the minimum ...

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 ...