Ricky Skaggs

Just before Christmas John reported advanced news regarding the forthcoming Ricky Skaggs CD Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass - Tribute to 1946 and 1947 on Skaggs Family Records. Although the official release date isn't until March 25th, audio samples from the

The Gospel Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2008 Dove Awards, and their bluegrass categories are chock full of familiar names. The awards will be announced at the 39th Annual Dove Awards on April 23 in Nashville, TN. The

When you watch televised awards shows, you always hear about "awards presented earlier in the day." Well, that is when the niche music awards are presented, including ones of particular interest to readers of Bluegrass Today. The 2008 Grammy Award

When I saw Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder perform in 2005, they dedicated a portion of their show to reminding the audience that the following year (2006) would mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music. It is widely

Here's another CD that I've found the time to listen to. Ricky Skaggs recently released a CD with his wife Sharron and her family, The Whites. The CD is called Salt of the Earth, taking its name from the fourth

Ricky Skaggs and his collaboration with Bruce Hornsby have been the topic of a number of recent pieces on Bluegrass Today. We told you earlier this month about the two appearing on the CBS Early Show with Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder,

Earlier this month, Ricky Skaggs was interviewed by The Daily Herald newspaper in central Utah. The topic of the piece by Alan Sculley was the recent recorded collaboration by Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, and particularly a show they were

Just a quick reminder about a live performance Brance told us about last month. Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs will be appearing on this Friday's (7/13) edition of the CBS Early Show, along with Ricky's band, Kentucky Thunder. They will perform

This post comes from our semi-regular correspondent, Richard F. Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

The Early Show on CBS is sponsoring a series of six concerts this summer with different artists. It's all part of the Great American Vacation series. The six artists booked for the concert series are quite disparate and include such