Skaggs leads Inspirational Awards with four nominations
The awards honor those performing Christian and inspirational country music.
Underwood was nominated for Mainstream Inspirational Country Song for Temporary Home. Others nominated were Lee Brice for Love Like Crazy, Jo Dee Messina for That's God, Chris Young for The Man I Want to Be and Craig Morgan for This Ain't Nothing.
Mainstream Country Artist nominations went to Underwood, Morgan, Josh Turner, Jeff Bates and Ricky Skaggs.
Skaggs was among five nominated for the Legend/Pioneer Award and also was nominated in the musician category.
Video nominations went to All I Ask for Anymore by Adkins; Temporary Home by Underwood, The House That Built Me by Lambert, The Man I Want to Be by Young and This Ain't Nothing by Morgan
Joey + Rory were nominated for the vocal duo award.
Inspirational Bluegrass Artist nominations went to Cherryholmes, Lawrence Bishop, Rhonda Vincent, The Isaacs and Skaggs.
The ICM Awards are set for Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7p.m. central at the Trinity Music City USA Auditorium located in Hendersonville, Tenn.
More news for Ricky Skaggs
- 11/04/24: Skaggs announces Xmas concerts
- 07/29/21: Skaggs adds two band members
- 04/09/21: Add high school graduate to Skaggs' resume
- 01/14/21: Keith, Skaggs receive National Medal of Arts honors
- 01/04/21: Skaggs discloses quadruple bypass surgery
- 10/22/18: Skaggs, Gimble, West officially join Country Music Hall of Fame
- 07/26/17: Skaggs returns to country
- 01/10/17: Skaggs, Hornsby tour again
CD reviews for Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs celebrated his 50th anniversary of playing music with his last album, which featured bluegrass versions of hits from his country music career. At this point, Skaggs is solidly entrenched in the bluegrass side of things, and if one counts his time with Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys, he has probably played bluegrass longer than he did country, making this latest disc true to its title when it comes to Skaggs' fans.
Traditional bluegrass played in a flawless ...
This second set of Skaggs Family Records Christmas songs primarily takes a traditionalist approach to celebrating the season. This is to be expected, as Ricky Skaggs' label has always remained committed to making and releasing music that might make Bill Monroe - Skaggs' onetime employer - proud.
There is an even balance between new and old Christmas songs represented on this collection. There's the pretty new ballad What Songs Were Sung, which wonders out loud the tunes performed ...
The musical journey of Ricky Skaggs has been a long one, from his younger days in Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys to chart-topping success in country music during the 1980's and back to the bluegrass world on his own family-run label. That relative autonomy has allowed Skaggs to explore various themes such as gospel music and now a return of sorts to his country material.
The concept here is pretty simple, and it's spelled out in the album title; all of the songs here were ...
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