*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A little bit of St. Louis hit the stage this fall at the ACM Awards, and at the CMA Awards show and Christmas special.

A few blocks south from downtown Franklin’s boutiques and quaint restaurants, an old sewing machine shudders like a small engine. A piece of thread weaves in and out of a smooth hide of pecan-color ...

StrapGraphics, an Oregon City company, makes custom guitar straps from designs supplied by buyers. (Eric Mortenson/The Oregonian) You know the old saying: Build a better guitar strap and the world ...

Rachael Becker, strap maker and owner of Heavy Leather NYC, is the craftswoman behind the straps that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler are sporting on the road this year.

When Terry Misner fell in love with photography in 1978, he couldn't find a strap worthy of his new 35-mm camera, so he made his own. Today, Terry and his wife, Dena, make handcraft camera and guitar ...

Cara Jean Wahlers uses vintage fabric to make her Tremolo Hand Built guitar straps. She also hand paints designs on some leather straps. (Photo provided by Cara Jean Wahlers) History: ...

SOQUEL >> Greeting visitors at her home in a quiet Soquel neighborhood, Jan Nicholas doesn’t look like a rock-n-roll fan girl. But the innovative artist has sold custom-painted guitar straps to such ...

Christian Brooks’ creativity seems to know no end. The leatherworker, musician and now author rattles off projects as fast as he mentions names of the famous people he’s worked with. Best known for ...