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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, on July 13, and have two updates that relate to that appearance. First of [...]
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 to play in Salt Lake City on July 8. The interview stirred up a bit [...]
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 songs from their recent collaboration, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, live from Raleigh, NC. [...]
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 rock stars as Hootie & the Blowfish, and country outlaws Big & Rich. Add to [...]
Speaking of Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby... Yesterday's edition of The New York Times carried a review of their concert this Tuesday night in the Big Apple. Mr. Hornsby, who is fluent in piano idioms from gospel to modern jazz, aligned his solos with bluegrass timing — fast, twinkling, unsyncopated lines, sometimes playing parallel to [...]
Thanks to The Mayor of Bluegrass for alerting us that Ricky Skaggs will be appearing on the Conan O'Brien show tonight at 11:30 PM CST. Skaggs will be appearing with Bruce Hornsby and performing a tune from their duet CD. If you're inclined to stay up that late, be sure to tune in and hear [...]
The newest music and interview feature on the AT&T blue room includes a live performance from Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Bruce Hornsby, filmed during a recent show at BB King's club in New York City. There are live video clips of The Dreaded Spoon, Mandolin Rain and The Way It Is, all taken [...]
Yesterday's edition of The Washington Post included a brief review of the new release from Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, which Brance mentioned earlier this year. It features both Skaggs and Hornsby as vocalists and instrumentalists, with Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder band as the primary rhythm section. The music includes mostly new compositions from the pair, [...]
Brance told us last month about a new CD due next month that features a studio collaboration between pop star Bruce Hornsby and bluegrass' Ricky Skaggs. He also made reference to a live show taping for CMT's Crossroads show recorded in Nashville on January 18. That show debuts on CMT tonight (2/24) at 9:00 p.m. [...]
We recently told you about Ricky Skaggs' plans for a tribute album to THE bluegrass band (Monroe with Lester and Earl). Now we bring you news of a CD that is slated for a March 20, 2007 release. The album is a collaborative effort on the part of Skaggs and pianist Bruce Hornsby. The CD [...]
