You’ve most certainly heard a pedal steel guitar before ... Pedal steels are strange devices, looking somewhat like a 10-string guitar with levers that change the pitch of individual strings.

There is usually nothing out of the ordinary about watching musicians setting up instruments on stage. But with Susan Alcorn, ...

Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer ... I touched my picks to the strings and began to play, hopefully something that would connect with these people on a deep level as human beings.