It can whine, cry, and scream, and that is what the pedal steel guitar does on these three iconic country hits.

Pedal Steel Noah’s Covers Charm Fans Online. Up Next: His Own Songs. This 16-year-old from Austin, Texas, plays New Wave and post-punk hits with his brother and dog beside him.

Buddy Emmons, at 78; innovator on pedal steel guitar By Terence McArdle Washington Post,August 11, 2015, 10:17 p.m.

Susan Alcorn first learned her way around the pedal steel guitar by playing the usual stuff — country songs where the pedal steel’s glissando was meant to evoke the viscosity of teardrops. Now ...