CDs

"Country Love " Here James Chu's Hawaiian guitar takes the lead voice on a variety of country songs. It's quite different to hear these songs on a lap steel as opposed to pedal steel. The approach is traditional, very melodic and easy to listen to...

"Christmas Relaxation" by James Chu A large orchestra compliments James Chu's melodic lap steel style on this CD of popular Christmas songs. Richly recorded in the audiophile HDCD format (24 bit, 192 kHz), this music will make a splendid background for...

"Evergreen Song" by James Chu "Evergreen Song" This two CD set of popular Mandarin music demonstrates James Chu's versatility on the modern Hawaiian guitar. Even though I'm not familiar with the songs, the full orchestration and James' melodic approach...

"Love Song" by James Chu For this two-CD set, James assembled many popular songs from western culture, then added a few Hawaiian standards for good measure. He tends to stay close to the melody on his Harmos lap steel, playing precisely and with feeling...

"All Hat - No Cattle" by Joe Goldmark San Francisco instrumentalist Joe Goldmark is a rare remaining champion of pedal-steel-guitar music, a flourishing subgenre of country music in the 1960s and '70s when virtuosos such as Buddy Emmons and Pete Drake...

With this project, Johan Jansen leaves little doubt that he is one of Europe's foremost steel players. Framed by spectacular arrangements of contemporary instrumentals, JJ exhibits a spectacular tone, perfect attack and uncannily precise pitch control...

"Let The Praise Begin" by Amazing Grace Praise Band Sacred Strings Producer Del Ray Grace Sr. takes the pedal steel chair for this entire CD, giving the set a more consistent overall tone than their Glorious Triumph debut. Sacred steel fans will really...

"The Danish singer/pedal steel guitarist's debut solo album is drawn very much from a familiar source, culling Maggie's warm folksy style together with the contributions of musicians like Calexico, Mark Lanegan, and Jon Auer (Posies). Coming Home...

"A Retrospective" by Michael Perlowin. Michael Perlowin has produced 3 albums of classical music on pedal steel guitar.  This CD contains Mike's own favorites from those recordings, plus a live track from a chamber music concert.  The tracks...

"Peace On Earth" by Mike Daly   Mike Daly's Christmas album is only 28 minutes long,, but it includes some of the best recorded steel guitar I've ever heard. Each of these familiar tunes is played in a different style, with different...

"Peace On Earth" version 2 by Mike Daly Mike Daly Christmas album is only 35 minutes long,, but it includes some of the best recorded steel guitar I've ever heard. Each of these familiar tunes is played in a different style, with different...

"Rock of Ages" by Mike Daly This 2012 release seems destined to go down in history as one of the the best rock steel albums ever made.  Mike rearranged ten well-known rock tunes from the 60's and '70s.  Then he employed top notch session...