Skaggs joins IBMA fest lineup
Alice Gerrard will join previously announced Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands as a special guest Friday night and Symphony of the Mountains joins previously announced Kruger Brothers on Saturday, Oct. 1
Wide Open Bluegrass is an urban bluegrass event that includes both ticketed and free stages.
The Wide Open Bluegrass Red Hat Amphitheater line-up:
Friday, Sept. 30
Dailey & Vincent
<ΒΡ> Jerry Douglas presents Earls of Leicester
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Peter Rowan Band.
<ΒΡ> Soggy Bottom Boys
<Π>Saturday, October 1
Becky Buller Band
<ΒΡ> Greensky Bluegrass
John Cowan with Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Steep Canyon Rangers
The Del McCoury Band
The Kruger Brothers
More news
- 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
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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