• Brand new member of Brand New Strings?

    It looks like there will be shortly, as resonator guitarist Matt Leadbetter has informed the band that he would no longer be able to perform with them owing to work and family obligations. Tim Tipton sent along this statement from Brand

  • Stolen Instrument Alert: lefty quartet

    We have been made aware of the theft of a number of left-handed instruments that may show up within the bluegrass community. In what may have come as an unpleasant surprise to the thief, all of the instruments taken were left-handed

  • Phil Leadbetter exits Grasstowne

    Phil Leadbetter, resonator guitarist and founding member of Grasstowne, today announced that he will no longer be a member of the group. "I want to announce that today, I am stepping down as a member and partner in the band Grasstowne.

  • Tim Graves back with Bobby O

    Bobby Osborne has announced that resonator guitarist Tim Graves has rejoined The Rocky Top X-Press, returning a year after he had recently departed. He had worked off and on with Bobby since 2001 when he joined The Osborne Brothers. Graves is

  • New faces in The New South

    J.D. Crowe & The New South has two new members to announce for 2010. Kyle Perkins has come aboard to fill the bass spot recently vacated by John Bowman (now playing fiddle with The Boxcars). Just 24 years old, Kyle had

  • Glenn Gibson comes off the road

    Glenn Gibson has announced he will not be continuing as resonator guitarist with Marty Raybon and Full Circle in the 2010 season. He had worked as a member of Full Circle for well over a year and can be heard

  • New Randy Kohrs one-take video

    Randy Kohrs is the subject of a new video shot by Nashville singer, songwriter and filmmaker Marcel Chagnon, who goes simply by Marcel. The video captures a stark, solo performance of the song Shallow Grave from Randy's Old Photograph CD. This

  • ResoSummit 2009

    This past weekend saw the 3rd annual gathering of resonator guitarists in Nashville known as ResoSummit. The event is co-produced by Rob Ickes and Betty Wheeler for ResoRevolution. Instruction was provided by a team of resophonicians including Ickes, Curtis Burch, Cindy