Artist: Aubrey Ghent

Deep Dives: The Roots of Sacred Steel

In 1997, Arhoolie Records released its first disc of Sacred Steel music, a gospel tradition with deep roots in the African American holiness churches of the...

Sacred Steel Archive: Aubrey Ghent Interview

Aubrey Ghent’s peers universally acknowledge him as a master of the six-string lap-steel guitar. This interview, recorded in November 1992, documented my first meeting with a musician who played in what would become known as the “sacred steel” tradition.