Since his justifiably heralded return to full-time bluegrass a little over ten years ago, Ricky Skaggs has been slowly easing away from the revivalism that marked Bluegrass Rules! — until now. Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass zeroes in on a […]
Since his justifiably heralded return to full-time bluegrass a little over ten years ago, Ricky Skaggs has been slowly easing away from the revivalism that marked Bluegrass Rules! — until now. Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass zeroes in on a […]
When Ricky Skaggs climbs into the saddle with Kentucky Thunder, it’s a mighty rush and flurry, and that power stands as a classic demonstration of how fiery bluegrass can be. Yet bluegrass also embraces a soft sweetness that seems polemic. […]
Cadillac Sky plays high-octane newgrass without sounding like a total New Grass Revival ripoff. Thats no mean feat. Much of their drive comes from banjo player Matt Menefee, who runs scales with little regard for Scruggs. Ross Holmes greasy fiddle […]
Its uncommon for a bluegrass band to release an all-instrumental album; even instrumentalists such as Alison Brown, Jerry Douglas and Sammy Shelor generally include a few vocal cuts on their records. Thus Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunders new disc of […]
Mountain Heart’s third album for the Skaggs Family label is their most honest recording to date. The bandmembers may have been schooled by the likes of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and the Renfro Valley Barn Dance, but they also heard […]
As a multi-instrumentalist prodigy, Ryan Holladay has followed closely in the footsteps of Ricky Skaggs, his mentor and producer. Holladay first came to national attention when he became the youngest artist ever to perform on the Grand Ole Opry at […]
Brand New Strings radiates a confidence many artists gain when they hit 50, that vibe of having nothing left to prove but doing it so well. The disc continues a great run of recordings since Ricky Skaggs returned to bluegrass […]
Melonie Cannon didn’t have to make this record. With her model good looks, husky vocals, and strong Nashville ties (her father, songwriter and producer Buddy Cannon, has worked with Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire and John Michael Montgomery), Cannon’s debut album […]
No bluegrass band has come on stronger in the last few years than Mountain Heart, which won the IBMA’s Emerging Artist of the Year title a couple of years ago before their first album had hit the streets. Their Skaggs […]
Mountain Heart was voted IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year in 1999, before they’d even released their debut album. That makes for an interesting piece of bluegrass music trivia, but it’s hardly anything you can build a career on. Successful […]
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