Ricky Skaggs reflected on his genre-crossing career and pivotal shift from bluegrass to country in the 1980s He returned to bluegrass in the mid-1990s after Bill Monroe's death, reigniting interest in ...

Country Icon Ricky Skaggs Announces 'Beloved' Loss: 'He is Missed' originally appeared on Parade. Country music legend Ricky Skaggs is about to embark on a whirlwind tour of the United States, but he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 21—When speaking to country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs, there are many things to talk about, but not enough time to ...

Country music icon Ricky Skaggs has a lot to celebrate, but one milestone has truly been decades in the making. Known as the "hottest young picker and singer" of bluegrass bands in the 1970s, Skaggs, ...

In 1981, Ricky Skaggs had his first solo hit single at radio, with “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’.” Throughout the 80s, Skaggs had hit after hit at radio, with songs like “Country Boy”, “Cajun Moon”, ...

The singer celebrates a career that helped revive traditional bluegrass and country music, earning 15 Grammy Awards along the ...

Ricky Skaggs is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and the Musicians Hall of Fame. In other words, the 70-year-old ...

Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder closed the 30th year of Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman on Thursday with some sing-along gospel songs and a whole lot of pickin’ and grinnin’. “To be able to ...

"Live at the Charleston Music Hall" Skaggs Family ANDY LEFTWICH "Ride" Skaggs Family Call it big-band bluegrass. Lester Flatt and Ralph Stanley sometimes carried a septet on the road, but Ricky Skaggs ...

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 ...

Country fans are getting a powerful collaboration this summer. Dierks Bentley has officially announced that country and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs will join him on his 2026 Off The Map Tour, ...

Ricky Skaggs is back with his first new music in more than a decade, and it’s a timely song that will resonate with country music fans and others alike. “Say a Prayer” drops on Friday (June 26), and ...