Sometimes the challenge to share music involves more than common up with the right words and melodies. For Mike Barnett, the obstacles were such that they very nearly ended his career, a career that includes a Grammy nod for his highly acclaimed effort Portraits in Fiddles and praise from both the press and any number [...]
Mountain Home Music Company has announced the signing of Andy Leftwich to the label. Leftwich, former longtime fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, left the band in 2016 to spend more time at home, and take advantage of opportunities that were coming his way in Christian ministry. But he certainly hasn't turned his back [...]
It is being reported by Washington, DC media that today President Trump has awarded the Presidential Medal of the Arts to Ricky Skaggs in recognition of his long career in traditional country and bluegrass music. Skaggs first made an appearance in the bluegrass world on The Martha White television show, performing Foggy Mountain Special with Lester [...]
Jake and Rebekah Workman, both highly skilled bluegrass musicians, are celebrating the birth last week of their first child. Jake is the guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rebekah is a noted fiddler and vocalist. Isaac Jacob Workman was born on September 8 in Nashville at 1:49 p.m. He weighed in at 6 [...]
Tony Rice's Manzanita album was a life-changer for young bluegrass musicians when it hit in 1979, not unlike the J.D. Crowe & The New South record four years earlier. In many ways, those two projects set the tone for contemporary bluegrass for decades to come, presaging The Bluegrass Album Band and the many other groups [...]
Ricky Skaggs, and his wife Sharon White, will be the featured guests this weekend on Trisha's Southern Kitchen, airing several times this weekend on the Food Network. The popular cooking show is hosted by Trisha Yearwood, who has known Ricky and Sharon for years in Nashville since the time they were all young country artists. [...]
On this day .. On January 9, 1994, Ricky Skaggs’ Epic single Country Boy (Epic 34-04831) was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The recording was done in June 1994 and features such bluegrass music luminaries as Bobby Hicks (fiddle) and Lou Reid (vocals and banjo). It was released in February [...]
Back on November 14 at the 2018 CMA Awards, Ricky Skaggs showed the country music world what we in bluegrass have known for 45 years. To wit, that he is among the most gifted entertainers ever to grab a guitar or mandolin, and that his band is as good a bluegrass ensemble as has ever [...]
Ricky Skaggs being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (10/21/18) - photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Last night was a big deal for Nashville bluegrassers as Ricky Skaggs was formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He went in alongside fellow inductees Johnny Gimble, and Dottie West at the Country Music Hall [...]
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has announced that Ricky Skaggs will be among the three artists inducted in 2018. Skaggs will be going in as a Modern Era Artist, while Dottie West goes in as a Veterans Era artist, and Johnny Gimble in the Recording and/or Touring Musician category. All [...]
Sometimes the challenge to share music involves more than common up with the right words and melodies. For Mike Barnett, the obstacles were such that they very nearly ended his career, a career that includes a Grammy nod for his highly acclaimed effort Portraits in Fiddles and praise from both the press and any number [...] 
Mountain Home Music Company has announced the signing of Andy Leftwich to the label. Leftwich, former longtime fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, left the band in 2016 to spend more time at home, and take advantage of opportunities that were coming his way in Christian ministry. But he certainly hasn't turned his back [...] 
It is being reported by Washington, DC media that today President Trump has awarded the Presidential Medal of the Arts to Ricky Skaggs in recognition of his long career in traditional country and bluegrass music. Skaggs first made an appearance in the bluegrass world on The Martha White television show, performing Foggy Mountain Special with Lester [...] 
Jake and Rebekah Workman, both highly skilled bluegrass musicians, are celebrating the birth last week of their first child. Jake is the guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rebekah is a noted fiddler and vocalist. Isaac Jacob Workman was born on September 8 in Nashville at 1:49 p.m. He weighed in at 6 [...] 
Tony Rice's Manzanita album was a life-changer for young bluegrass musicians when it hit in 1979, not unlike the J.D. Crowe & The New South record four years earlier. In many ways, those two projects set the tone for contemporary bluegrass for decades to come, presaging The Bluegrass Album Band and the many other groups [...] 
Ricky Skaggs, and his wife Sharon White, will be the featured guests this weekend on Trisha's Southern Kitchen, airing several times this weekend on the Food Network. The popular cooking show is hosted by Trisha Yearwood, who has known Ricky and Sharon for years in Nashville since the time they were all young country artists. [...] 
On this day .. On January 9, 1994, Ricky Skaggs’ Epic single Country Boy (Epic 34-04831) was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The recording was done in June 1994 and features such bluegrass music luminaries as Bobby Hicks (fiddle) and Lou Reid (vocals and banjo). It was released in February [...] 
Back on November 14 at the 2018 CMA Awards, Ricky Skaggs showed the country music world what we in bluegrass have known for 45 years. To wit, that he is among the most gifted entertainers ever to grab a guitar or mandolin, and that his band is as good a bluegrass ensemble as has ever [...] 
Ricky Skaggs being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (10/21/18) - photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Last night was a big deal for Nashville bluegrassers as Ricky Skaggs was formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He went in alongside fellow inductees Johnny Gimble, and Dottie West at the Country Music Hall [...] 
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has announced that Ricky Skaggs will be among the three artists inducted in 2018. Skaggs will be going in as a Modern Era Artist, while Dottie West goes in as a Veterans Era artist, and Johnny Gimble in the Recording and/or Touring Musician category. All [...] 