That set the stage for Skaggs’ highly successful career as a mainstream country artist in the ‘80s. He scored 12 chart-topping hits with such lively, tradition-grounded songs as “Heartbroke,” “Uncle ...

CHILLICOTHE— "Oh, the people would come from far away they'd dance all night till the break of day." Normally when you hear Ricky Skaggs singing this lyric you think of Uncle Pen but soon when you ...

Any musician would be happy to achieve success in one musical genre, but Ricky Skaggs has been twice blessed. Over the course of his career, the Kentucky native has been proclaimed the savior of ...

Rick Skaggs expects to include some form of Bill Monroe’s music in his upcoming concert at Brown County Music Center. Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and wife Sharon marked 41 years of sweet harmony ...

McCONNELSVILLE - County music legend Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder will be performing two shows at 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the Twin City Opera House, 15 W. Main St., McConnelsville. The ...

Ricky Skaggs says he's cool with bluegrass popping up in all sorts of music, whether it's rock 'n' roll, new country or even punk rock. "Hey, if we can get a banjo, a fiddle and a mandolin together, ...

In the mid-Eighties, Ricky Skaggs married his brand of bluegrass — a modernized version that included drums, piano, and electric guitar — to the burgeoning music video medium. The result was one of ...