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In addition to being an award-winning resonator guitarist, Phil Leadbetter was also one of the busiest booking agents in bluegrass prior to his cancer treatments starting in the Spring of 2011. He was the primary agent for J.D. Crowe &

Rob Ickes' 7th Annual ResoSummit convenes later this afternoon in Nashville, with more than 100 resonator slide guitarists from all over the world congregating to study with top practitioners of the instrument. With the start of festivities comes the announcement of this year's

Doug Davidson, who joined Laurel River Line just 8 months ago on resonator guitar, passed away yesterday after a short and tragic bout with cancer. He was 45 years old. Matt Scarborough, the band's mandolinist, tells us that Doug fell ill

When we caught up with reso-guitar man Phil Leadbetter in Raleigh, he mentioned that he was getting ready to start work on a new album, and that he would have more details to share this week. The word is that Phil

Noted reso-guitarist Bev King's music store and theater in Clarksville, AR will be offered for sale at auction this weekend. Properties include both the Country Heritage Music Store and its contents (instruments, fixtures), and the adjoining Country Music Heritage Barn

Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir, the autobiography of Josh Graves (edited by Fred Bartenstein) has been awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Since 1991, the ARSC has sought to preserve and study historical sound recordings

If you play a stringed instrument - and we know that a large percentage of our readers do - you may already be familiar with the Colorado Case Company. They have been making custom cases, gig bags and case covers

Rhonda Vincent, the reigning Queen of Bluegrass, celebrated the marriage of her youngest daughter Tensel this past Sunday to Brent Burke, who plays reso-guitar in Vincent's band. For those formally-minded: Tensel Lea Sandker and Brent Matthew Burke were married April 14, 2013

Mark Lavengood, reso-guitarist with Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, has released a self-titled EP on 7'' vinyl. The four tracks on the album cover the two sides of this talented Michigan picker. Half were recorded in an acoustic session with a

The good folks at Dollywood asked us to pass along that they are on the hunt for a utility player for the 2013 season, which runs from April 2013 to January 4, 2014. The successful applicant must play fiddle, and will be