Ricky Skaggs to tour with Dierks Bentley in 2026
From the time he first moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music, Dierks Bentley has had a love for bluegrass music. While grinding his way to the top, he became friends with a number of Music City grassers, including The Grascals, the McCourys, and many others. Once he was solidly established, he […]
Ricky Skaggs Christmas tour rides again
One of the most enduringly successful holiday tours in acoustic music is surely Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Christmas. Popular over many years, like his Ricky Skaggs Family Christmas shows, the band brings a fresh bluegrass feel to a slate of Christmas favorites, along with holiday songs Ricky has recorded over the years. The show […]
Troy Engle to Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Troy Engle has been announced as the newest member of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, replacing long-time utility man and harmony singer Dennis Parker, who had spent 18 years with the band over two different stints. The Pennsylvania native and resident will provide his guitar, mandolin, fiddle, reso-guitar, and pedal steel playing to the band, […]
Skaggs Place Studio to reopen near Nashville
Charlotte Scott, Ricky Skaggs, and Sean Badum at Skaggs Place Studio Ricky Skaggs has announced the reopening of his popular Skaggs Place Studio tomorrow, July 16, after several years of extensive remodeling and renovation. Opened in 1968 by Duane Allen of the Oak Ridge Boys, Skaggs acquired it in 1998, and did extensive refurbishing at […]
Rounder 0044 revisited – a look at the unlisted song credits
With 2025 being the 50th anniversary of one of the most trend-setting albums in bluegrass history, the original J.D. Crowe & The New South, or simply Rounder 0044, as it is known to pickers, industry folks, and deeply invested fans, there has been a good bit of press about this classic recording, issued initially on […]
He’s Gone from Jaelee Roberts
Sharon White Skaggs, Cheryl White Jones, Jaelee Roberts, and Ricky Skaggs in the studio Just in time for Easter, critically-acclaimed bluegrass vocalist Jaelee Roberts has a single that shares her strong Christian faith, and her love for bluegrass gospel music. He’s Gone is a brand new song from a songwriter who was a recurring chart-topper […]
J.D. Crowe & The New South (ROU-0044) to the Grammy Hall of Fame
J.D. Crowe & The New South, the definitive statement of modern bluegrass released in 1975, and commonly known by its catalog number, Rounder 0044, has been selected for inclusion in the Grammy Hall of Fame. This is the album that cemented young bluegrass upstarts Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas as legitimate bluegrass stars, […]
Buck White passes
Buck White, the mandolin and piano playing patriarch of country/bluegrass family group The Whites, died today at 8:00 a.m., Nashville time. He was 94 years of age and had been in ill health for some time. Born H.S. White in 1934 in Oklahoma City, as a young boy he changed his name to Buck in […]
Ricky Skaggs Christmas tour starts this week
Perennial bluegrass and country music star Ricky Skaggs begins his annual holiday tour this week, the Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Christmas. In most years Ricky had created a Christmas show featuring members of his family, his wife Sharon White, and their children. But this year he is taking his crack bluegrass group, Kentucky Thunder, […]
Jake Workman leaving Ricky Skaggs
Fiery flatpicking guitarist Jake Workman has announced his intention to leave Ricky Skaggs’ fine touring band, Kentucky Thunder, at the end of November. Primary among the reasons shared is his desire to stay closer to his beloved wife, Rebekah, and their three lovely children. Jake joined the band in November of 2015, after having demonstrated […]
