Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Luke Bryan are among the biggest country acts of the 21st century.

Tue, February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC “He exemplified how top instrumentalists can adapt to a range of styles and settings, whether in a recording studio, a concert stage, or the corner of a small ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orville Peck performs onstage with his new signature Gretsch Falcon. Alt-country guitarist Orville Peck has joined Gretsch’s ...

Chet Atkins, a country guitarist who helped steer the careers of some prominent Nashville acts as well as the sound of several rock bands, died Saturday. He was 77. Atkins began as a fiddler in his ...

The Fender Telecaster has some of the world’s biggest artists as fans, but what has made the guitar such a success?

Few music scenes capture the bright, pitch-perfect twang of a guitar quite like Nashville, so it would make sense that one of the city’s most prolific players would notice a characteristic of Neil ...

Fiddles, banjos, and guitars have long been commonplace in country music. However, a pedal steel guitar brings a whole new layer of emotional depth to your favorite country song. First used in ...

For country blues guitarist Todd Albright, there was no studio trickery involved on his upcoming album, “Blues for Dexter Linwood.” Albright and first-time producer Charlie Parr aimed to capture the ...

In the hands of someone who really knows how to use one, a guitar can sing, kiss, scream, groove or dream. Although Alabama’s better known for singers, the state’s also produced many a gifted ...

The country music world is mourning the loss of steel guitar player Pete Finney, who died on Feb. 7, according to a social media post by the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was 70. Though Finney may ...