Jul 4, 2025
On Episode 13 of Steel, we catch up with guitarist and steel player Dave Biller.
Based in Austin since the ’90s, Dave’s played with everyone from Johnny Bush and Ray Price to Jimmie Vaughan and Charley Crockett. There aren’t many musicians who can play a classic country E9 gig in the afternoon, hit a jazz club on...
Mar 2, 2025
For episode 12 of Steel, we meet Laurel Premo, an incredible folk musician from Traverse City, Michigan.
Laurel’s 2021 album, 'Golden Loam,' is a collection of deep, dark folk tunes played on solo electric guitar and lap steel, and the sound is completely her own. The record is spare, brooding, rhythmically deep, and...
Jan 28, 2025
Episode 11 of Steel features legendary dobro player Jerry Douglas,
who joins to discuss his new album 'The Set.'
Jerry Douglas is one of the most recorded, accomplished, and expressive players in the history of his instrument. His career is as deep as it is varied. He’s been a top-flight bluegrass player for five...
Dec 5, 2024
For Episode 10 of Steel, we meet Chris Parker, a deep guitarist living in Brooklyn who has found some incredible ways of copping classic pedal steel sounds on a plain old six-string guitar with just his fingers and a slide.
Chris is a fixture on the Brooklyn guitar scene. Most nights of the week you can catch him...
Oct 4, 2024
On Episode 9 of Steel, we travel to Portland, Oregon to interview Jeremy Wakefield, one of the finest swing and jazz lap steel players out there.
He has a beautiful touch, he’s a great improviser, and he breathes life into this style of American music.
Jeremy has played and recorded alongside ridiculously...