Susan Alcorn

Susan Alcorn is an American pedal steel guitarist and composer who emerged in the late 20th century, working across jazz, country and experimental music. Her practice blends improvisation, extended techniques and composition to reposition the pedal steel within free-improvised and contemporary experimental contexts, engaging with jazz, minimalism and country-derived material while exploring timbral and textural possibilities.

Releases

UmaNo artwork
Uma
An Afternoon in Austin
An Afternoon in Austin
CuranderaNo artwork
Curandera
Concentration
Concentration
And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel GuitarNo artwork
And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar
Ambient Visage
Ambient Visage
A&BNo artwork
A&B
Mirage
Mirage
Soledad
Soledad
Evening TalesNo artwork
Evening Tales
Invitation to a Dream
Invitation to a Dream
The Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra
Manifesto
Manifesto
Filament
Filament
Contra Madre
Contra Madre

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