Some say the purpose of church is to deliver the word of God. If so, what's the role of music in the service? "The music has always been a part of God's way of getting people's attention," says Bishop ...

Though it hasn't quite yet hit the mainstream, sacred steel has been gathering steam and becoming more recognized on the country's musical landscape in recent years. Tonight, you can get a real taste ...

Sacred Steel guitar originated in House of God churches in the 1930s when brothers Troman and Willie Eason introduced the instrument to worship services. Troman learned from a Hawaiian steel guitarist ...

FOR AMERICAN MUSIC FANS, it's a find like a scientist's discovery of a new species. The steel guitar is central to country music. But no one outside Southern Pentecostal House of God churches had ...

You don’t need to be a member of the House of God flock in order for the music of the Lee Boys to feel familiar. The group’s sound is deeply rooted in the “sacred steel” style that has accompanied ...

Darick Campbell, a lap steel guitarist with the gospel band the Campbell Brothers, who took the musical style known as sacred steel from Pentecostal churches to the international stage, died May 11 at ...

The name of the Pennsylvania Blues Festival is misleading. “The music is not just blues. There’s all kinds of music, including sacred steel, gospel, New Orleans and R&B.; Fun music. We try to give the ...

The Southern Sacred Steel Conference runs Thursday, March 17, to Sunday, March 20, at The ArtsCenter and the Center for the Study of the American South. Prices for individual events range from free to ...

“Don’t ever let anybody tell you you’re playing the devil’s music.” That’s what B.B. King told the Campbell Brothers backstage, when they opened for him in San Francisco last week. Like King — not to ...

Some say the purpose of church is to deliver the word of God. If so, what's the role of music in the service? "The music has always been a part of God's way of getting people's attention," says Bishop ...