Tim Scheerhorn, the genius behind the coveted Scheerhorn Resonator Guitar and recent inductee into the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame, led me into his ascetic, sub level workshop and offered me a ...
It has been almost 100 years since the resonator guitar was born of necessity. In the days before amplification, musicians needed a way to make their acoustic guitars louder, and the striking ...
A strange old instrument that was thought to be extinct has made a stunning comeback, with even Harry Styles jumping in on the action. In the days before amplification, musicians needed a way to make ...
Jerry Douglas comes to Infinity Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road W., Norfolk, on Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. $49 – $65. 866-666-6306 and infinityhall.com. It’s not uncommon to find instrumentalists from around the ...
The early years of bluegrass music can be traced back to the 1940s in Appalachia. With roots in music styles like English folk and Appalachian music, the genre served as the inspiration and basis for ...