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Ricky Skaggs is on tour again this month; nothing new there. But this time around, he's on the book circuit, doing interviews and signings at major booksellers around the country for his newly-released autobiography, Kentucky Traveler - My Life In Music from Harper Collins. Anyone curious about the life of the iconic bluegrass and country [...]
This review is a contribution from Marybeth Altizer, who we hope will be a regular correspondent. Ricky Skaggs, one of bluegrass’ most talented musicians, and Bruce Hornsby, an expressive pop vocalist and pianist, first paired their talents six years ago for the appropriately titled album, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby. They are reunited for Cluck [...]
Skaggs Family Records has set an August 20 release date for Cluck Ol' Hen, a live album from Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby. The 11 tracks, which combine songs from previous recordings from both headliners, were recorded when the pair toured together with Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder in 2008. From the Hornsby repertoire come Gulf Of [...]
Harper Collins is set to release Kentucky Traveler - My Life In Music, an autobiography by Ricky Skaggs with Eddie Dean, on August 13. The publishers promise an intimate look into the life and 40 year musical of this iconic performer. It follows Skaggs from a hardscrabble youth in eastern Kentucky to fame and fortune [...]
The line-up for each of the Springer Mountain Farms Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman for 2013 has been announced. The annual summer fair of bluegrass music at Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium begins this evening, June 20, and continues weekly on Thursdays through to July 25. First on the stage where it is claimed that bluegrass music [...]
Every now and then, two artists come together and form a collaboration that fans are sure to remember for years to come. With their debut release, Reborn, Mark Newton and Steve Thomas have likely earned themselves a spot in that category. This twelve-song collection is full of old favorites, excellent vocals, and solid musicianship. The [...]
Banjo man Terry Baucom has a new album coming soon on the John Boy & Billy label. Like his 2011 project, In A Groove, this as yet unnamed record will feature Bauc on the five along with an all-star cast of his bluegrass buddies. Among the buddies are Terry's former Boone Creek bandmates, Ricky Skaggs, [...]
Earlier this year, we reported on celebrated electric guitar builder Paul Reed Smith's move into the acoustic market, and his choice of hypersonic flatpicker Cody Kilby as an endorser. Recently, Smith convened an all-star panel of acoustic guitar masters for a conversation on tone. Watch below as Ricky Skaggs, Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, and Cody Kilby [...]
We have learned that Billy Joe Foster, noted Oklahoma picker, passed away today at 51 years of age. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Foster played fiddle with Bill Monroe, bass with Country Gazette, and several instruments with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. He was also the banjo player with a band called Special Edition in the 1980s, [...]
Ricky Skaggs will be a special studio guest on Saturday (11/24) during America's News HQ on the Fox News television network. Having given his trusty band the Thanksgiving weekend off, Ricky will appear solo and perform, Nothing Beats A Family, one of the tracks on his current album, Music To My Ears. He will also [...]
