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 ...

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”, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

As he engages in internal ciphering to determine the elapsed time since his career switched from the traditionally minded country music he took to the top of the charts during the ’80s back to the ...

For 13 years Ricky Skaggs has enjoyed a roots renaissance, making albums of breakneck bluegrass and lovingly assembled gospel music, hand-played on acoustic instruments with some of the best pickers ...

Ricky Skaggs has been the principal ambassador for bluegrass music of his generation, and in a new interview, the Country Music Hall of Famer says he's not worried about the perceived threat of AI ...

“When I came back, it really shot a shockwave into acoustic musicians," he explained of his shift back to roots music after dominating country charts Ricky Skaggs reflected on his genre-crossing ...

Ricky Skaggs knows a thing or two about musical versatility. For decades, Skaggs' career has been marked by his prolific, seamless shifts between genres. As a result, his critically lauded works have ...