Nov. 21—When speaking to country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs, there are many things to talk about, but not enough time to cover everything. During our conversation, I got to ask him about his ...

Nov. 21—When speaking to country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs, there are many things to talk about, but not enough time to cover everything. During our conversation, I got to ask him about his ...

Inside Look stories give Star-Telegram subscribers exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes reporting. Story suggestion? [email protected]. After over 50 years in the music world, Ricky ...

Skaggs now sees his father’s choice as prophetic. It certainly led Monroe to take an instant liking to the youngster with the amazing ability to play the mandolin, as if he was born to do it. A year ...

Ricky Skaggs says he's cool with bluegrass popping up in all sorts of music, whether it's rock 'n' roll, new country or even punk rock. "Hey, if we can get a banjo, a fiddle and a mandolin together, ...

In 1960 in rural Kentucky, a traveling welder purchased a $5 mandolin from a pawn shop for his five-year-old son, a bright-eyed boy who listened to WSM every Saturday night and dreamed of playing the ...

For 13 years Ricky Skaggs has enjoyed a roots renaissance, making albums of breakneck bluegrass and lovingly assembled gospel music, hand-played on acoustic instruments with some of the best pickers ...

CHILLICOTHE— "Oh, the people would come from far away they'd dance all night till the break of day." Normally when you hear Ricky Skaggs singing this lyric you think of Uncle Pen but soon when you ...

If you go Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Where: The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria When: 7:30 Friday and Saturday Info: $35; ticketmaster.com There’s something so hauntingly pure and ...

Ricky Skaggs, winner of 15 Grammy Awards, and his band, Kentucky Thunder, will bring their Christmas tour to Penns Peak in Jim Thorpe for an 8 p.m. Dec. 14 concert. If you’re familiar with bluegrass ...