Aug. 1—Ricky Skaggs and the Kentucky Thunder took to the Grandstand stage Wednesday night at the Freeborn County Fair bringing in everything from country to gospel and blues. Skaggs, a member of the ...

Ricky Skaggs is known as a country music trailblazer for integrating the niche nature of bluegrass into the mainstream country music scene. On Tuesday (July 18), he celebrated this triumphant feat and ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, hit the road this December with nine ...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For one night, Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Gospel — not just Soul. Franklin has been inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame along with country and bluegrass ...

His musical ideas come to him in the early morning, right before he wakes up. For Ricky Skaggs, that’s the perfect time. “Well, you know, a lot of these instrumentals that I get, I get early in the ...

As he engages in internal ciphering to determine the elapsed time since his career switched from the traditionally minded country music he took to the top of the charts during the ’80s back to the ...

In July, when Ricky Skaggs surprised Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) artist Steven Curtis Chapman with an invitation to become an official member of the Grand Ole Opry, it marked a full-circle ...

Fifteen-time GRAMMY Award-winner Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder will take the stage at the Cactus Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19. Born in Cordell, Kentucky, Skaggs showed signs ...