Ricky Skaggs warms up backstage at The Birchmere (1/27/18) - photo by Jeromie Stephens When Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder made a stop at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA this past weekend, our ever crafty photographer Jerome Stephens was on hand. He captured a portion of a performance that most fans rarely witness, backstage warmup [...]
On this day … On January 8, 1971, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs recorded tracks for what would be the LP Tribute to The Stanley Brothers (Jalyn JLP-129) at the Jalyn Recording Studio, 1806 Brown Street, Dayton, Ohio. The young duo - at the time Keith Whitley was 15 years old and Ricky Skaggs [...]
As was previously announced, Ricky Skaggs was the celebrity participant in the 2018 Santa Train, an annual event sponsored by the CSX Corporation, on November 18. The train brings toys and Christmas gifts to distribute at 14 stops throughout the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Of course, Santa came along for the ride, [...]
Every year since 1942, the CSX Corporation has run a special train from Shelby, KY to Kingsport, TN at the beginning of the holiday season. Known as The Santa Train, it makes stops in 14 different communities along the way, distributing gifts to less fortunate families in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. In the early days, [...]
Mike Barnett was already a well-regarded musician before accepting the fiddle gig recently with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. His first album was released while he was just 14, and while attending the Berklee College of Music he was invited to join David Grisman's band. Tours with Tony Trischka and Bryan Sutton are on his [...]
Russ Carson isn't just one of the top bluegrass banjo players in the world today. The youthful five stringer with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder is also a talented photographer, with the innate sense of a natural documentarian. For several years Russ has been capturing footage of interest to banjo pickers, and bluegrass fan in [...]
On Friday night at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Ricky Skaggs took advantage of the fact that three of his former guitarists were at the festival, and brought them all up for one big six string thrash. Of course, he's only had four guitar pickers since returning to the bluegrass world, but what pickers they [...]
With much of the US expecting pleasant spring weather this weekend, there may not be as many people at home watching TV. But if you do find yourself in front of the screen, here are a couple of opportunities to see some bluegrass favorites on television. The Tennessee Titans of the NFL have enlisted Ricky [...]
Russ Carson is a clever guy. Not only among the finest to strap a five-string banjo to his side, he's also an insightful photographer and a budding videographer, besides working full time with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. Recently Russ fulfilled a plan he's been hatching for several months, to document a full day on [...]
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will be taking on Mike Barnett as their new fiddler. Mike will officially start with the band in 2017, but will be doing some shows still this year twinning with outgoing fiddle man Andy Leftwich who is departing after 15 years with the band. Mike is a Nashville native who [...]
Ricky Skaggs warms up backstage at The Birchmere (1/27/18) - photo by Jeromie Stephens When Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder made a stop at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA this past weekend, our ever crafty photographer Jerome Stephens was on hand. He captured a portion of a performance that most fans rarely witness, backstage warmup [...] 
On this day … On January 8, 1971, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs recorded tracks for what would be the LP Tribute to The Stanley Brothers (Jalyn JLP-129) at the Jalyn Recording Studio, 1806 Brown Street, Dayton, Ohio. The young duo - at the time Keith Whitley was 15 years old and Ricky Skaggs [...] 
As was previously announced, Ricky Skaggs was the celebrity participant in the 2018 Santa Train, an annual event sponsored by the CSX Corporation, on November 18. The train brings toys and Christmas gifts to distribute at 14 stops throughout the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Of course, Santa came along for the ride, [...] 
Every year since 1942, the CSX Corporation has run a special train from Shelby, KY to Kingsport, TN at the beginning of the holiday season. Known as The Santa Train, it makes stops in 14 different communities along the way, distributing gifts to less fortunate families in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. In the early days, [...] 
Mike Barnett was already a well-regarded musician before accepting the fiddle gig recently with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. His first album was released while he was just 14, and while attending the Berklee College of Music he was invited to join David Grisman's band. Tours with Tony Trischka and Bryan Sutton are on his [...] 
Russ Carson isn't just one of the top bluegrass banjo players in the world today. The youthful five stringer with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder is also a talented photographer, with the innate sense of a natural documentarian. For several years Russ has been capturing footage of interest to banjo pickers, and bluegrass fan in [...] 
On Friday night at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Ricky Skaggs took advantage of the fact that three of his former guitarists were at the festival, and brought them all up for one big six string thrash. Of course, he's only had four guitar pickers since returning to the bluegrass world, but what pickers they [...] 
With much of the US expecting pleasant spring weather this weekend, there may not be as many people at home watching TV. But if you do find yourself in front of the screen, here are a couple of opportunities to see some bluegrass favorites on television. The Tennessee Titans of the NFL have enlisted Ricky [...] 
Russ Carson is a clever guy. Not only among the finest to strap a five-string banjo to his side, he's also an insightful photographer and a budding videographer, besides working full time with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. Recently Russ fulfilled a plan he's been hatching for several months, to document a full day on [...] 
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will be taking on Mike Barnett as their new fiddler. Mike will officially start with the band in 2017, but will be doing some shows still this year twinning with outgoing fiddle man Andy Leftwich who is departing after 15 years with the band. Mike is a Nashville native who [...] 