NEW YORK (Billboard) - There is nothing contrived about Nelly Furtado's Spanish-language debut, "Mi Plan." With simple, straightforward songs that appeal to melodic sensibilities rather than rhythmic ...

On his new album, The High Notes, musician Ricky Skaggs plays bluegrass renditions of his own country hits. Skaggs started performing as a young child and was considered a musical prodigy. His first ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Even if you don't care much for bluegrass, you can't help but admire Ricky Skaggs' enthusiasm for the music and its formative years. At the slightest prodding, he'll launch into a ...

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(Nashville, Tennessee-AP) -- Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Ann Womack and several other country singers have contributed to an upcoming album of Civil War-themed songs. It is ``America Will Always ...

The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has announced the nominees for the Momentum Awards. Each artist was chosen by committees through a multi-stage process involving both musicians and ...

In recent years Ricky Skaggs has taken over for Bill Monroe as dean of the top graduate school in bluegrass. Like Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Skaggs's Kentucky Thunder is a band where an aspiring picker ...

After an outdoor concert in New Hampshire in 2014, I waited in line to ask Ricky Skaggs to autograph his CD and to talk with him. A large man with flowing white hair, Ricky sat at a utility table and ...

Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs was considered a musical prodigy as a child, sitting in with Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe and performing the mandolin on country-music variety shows. At 15, Skaggs joined ...

Don’t expect the familiar bluegrass tunes from Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Fox Tucson Theatre. “We’re not going to be doing the Stanley Brothers or Bill Monroe or my ...