Susan Alcorn, photo by Stewart Mostofsky and courtesy of High Zero Foundation After coming to the pedal steel guitar through country bands, Alcorn pursued a solo career in which she refined her ...

All About Jazz is saddened to learn of the passing of Susan Alcorn--pedal steel guitarist extraordinaire. She died on January 31st of natural causes. Perhaps more than any other pedal steel guitarist ...

Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer, and improviser Susan Alcorn, who played an important role in broadening the horizons of the instrument beyond country, Hawaiian music, and traditional folk music ...

Susan Alcorn, an experimental composer and musician who pushed the pedal steel guitar, an instrument more often associated with the country music roadhouse, into the avant-garde, died Friday in ...

Susan Alcorn, the pioneering pedal steel player who steered the instrument in experimental, improvisational directions, has died. The High Zero Foundation, an experimental music organization and ...

Susan Alcorn, the trailblazing pedal steel guitarist who redefined the instrument through her experimental and improvisational approach, has passed away. The High Zero Foundation, an experimental ...

Long associated with traditional country, western, and roots music, the pedal steel guitar in the hands of Susan Alcorn becomes a transport shuttle navigating the deepest reaches of space and of the ...

If you are not into improvised music, you may not know Susan Alcorn. Take it from someone who has listened and played with her, she is a giant. I never heard of Susan till one Sunday night at the ...

Performers at the 2022 Frequency Festival, clockwise from upper left: Jordan Dykstra, Matchess, Susan Alcorn, Tomeka Reid, Jeff Kimmel, Lia Kohl & Macie Stewart, Hanna Hartman, Ryan Packard, Bill Nace ...

The performance I heard pedal-steel master Susan Alcorn give in September 2017 at Nashville venue Betty’s Bar and Grill was, quite simply, sublime. Alcorn, who turns 66 in April, has created new space ...

Susan Alcorn, the revered pedal steel guitarist who brought the instrument beyond its traditional role in country music, died on Friday, January 31. Baltimore’s High Zero Foundation shared the news ...