RickySkaggs

Randy Travis may be in the middle of a difficult divorce, but he isn't letting his personal pain get in the way of performing for his loyal fans. The country music legend has been added to the 2011 line-up of the famous MerleFest, at the specific request of the festival's founder and host, Doc Watson...

If Rockin' Acoustic Circus doesn't sound quite like the name of your typical bluegrass band, that's because they're anything but. Mixing musical influences and bridging generations but all the while building their unique sound with traditional bluegrass instruments, the Oklahoma-based group features veteran guitarist Rick Morton at the helm...

Little Big Town's fourth album, 'The Reason Why,' has become the quartet's first chart-topping disc. The group's latest project sold 42,000 copies in its first week, buoyed no doubt by the Top 10 success of their current single, 'Little White Church,' which is the seventh best-selling digital single this week...

Ricky Skaggs invited a few special guests to Ocean Way studio in Nashville Tuesday night to introduce his new album, 'Mosaic.' The project is a departure from the singer's most recent bluegrass leanings, as it tends towards spiritual and gospel tunes...

The Inspirational Country Music Awards have announced their nominees, and several of country's biggest names have made the list. Carrie Underwood and Craig Morgan lead the pack with nominations in three major categories each: Inspirational Song of the Year, Video of the Year and Mainstream Country Artist...

The Boot keeps readers up-to-date with the very latest in new music. Each month, we post a list of the new releases we think you'll enjoy, so that you can get your shopping list ready for that trip to the record store. Aug. 3 The Black Crowes, 'Croweology' Aug...

"That's bluegrass music right there, y'all!" yelped Jamie Johnson of The Grascals, as fellow band member Kristin Scott Benson mesmerized the July 8 audience at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium with her blazing banjo. He was not kidding. For some 75 minutes, the two-time International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year winners plied their captivated crowd with music that al

The Coastal Carolina Fair's 54th year is guaranteed to be a memorable one. Festival organizers at the annual event in Charleston, S.C., have announced their list of 2010 performers. On the bill this year are country artists Phil Vassar, Easton Corbin, Ricky Skaggs, Dany Gokey and Colt Ford...

Ricky Skaggs' soon-to-be-released album, 'Mosaic,' is filled with gospel-flavored country tunes that have sprinklings of pop and rock elements. Ricky paired with Grammy winner Gordon Kennedy -- who has produced albums for Eric Clapton, Garth Brooks and Bonnie Raitt -- to record the songs that reflect what he says is "music that is in my head and in my heart...

Four of the Grand Ole Opry's super pickers will come together Tuesday night at the Ryman Auditorium to help launch the Opry's 85th anniversary celebration. Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner will host an all-star guitar jam, following their individual performances...