Ricky Skaggs News

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will play the Peace Center's TD Stage on Tuesday, May 29, at 8 p.m., as part of the Corona Concert Series.

The Country Music Association reveals the initial artist lineup for this year's CMA Fest, featuring an exceptional bill of hundreds of artists performing on 11 stages throughout downtown Nashville Thursday through Sunday, June 7-10. 

Taking the nightly NISSAN STADIUM stage this year are Country Music superstars Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Charles Esten and Friends, Florida Georgia Line, Dustin Lynch, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Charley Pride, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Ricky Skaggs, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, and Brett Young. Several acts join this year's Nissan Stadium lineup for the first time with full sets and special performances including Brown, Combs, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Pardi, Pearce and Young. In addition, Lauren Alaina and Bebe Rexha will make guest appearances. Stadium gates open daily at 6:00 PM with performances starting at 8:00 PM. A limited number of four-day tickets for the nightly performances at Nissan Stadium are still available at CMAfest.com/tickets or through the CMA Box Office at 1-800-CMA-FEST. 

Indian Ranch announced that Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers and Los Lobos will come to Webster, MA on Saturday, July 21st as part of the 2018 Yuengling Summer Concert Series. Tickets go on-sale Friday, March 23, 2018 at 10:00 AM at www.indianranch.com.

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera today announced its lineup for the 2018 Deer Valley Music Festival in addition to its plans to celebrate its 15th year of calling Park City, Utah its summer home. Highlights of the six-week, 17-concert music festival, which begins on June 30, 2018 and runs through August 11, 2018, include Utah Symphony performances with Emmy and Tony Award-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, folk-rock singer-songwriter Amos Lee, 14-time Grammy Award-winner Ricky Skaggs, and Grammy Award-winner Rick Springfield; music of John Williams with scores from some of Hollywood's biggest blockbuster movies; Broadway vocalists and show tunes honoring Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim musicals; tributes to Swedish pop sensation ABBA, Pink Floyd and the music of the 1970s and '80s; Disney in Concert "A Silly Symphony Celebration" with scenes from some of Disney's earliest colorful cartoons playing on giant screens; and the perennial favorite, "1812 Overture" with live cannon fire on the hillside provided by Cannoneers of the Wasatch.

Country songstress Kalie Shorr will step into the hallowed circle at the Grand Ole Opry for the very first time onSaturday, March 31. Her debut comes as a crowning moment after years of hard work racking up numerous accolades including being a Sirius XM “Highway Find,” joining the CMT Next Women of Country Class of 2018, going on tour with RaeLynn and Sara Evans, releasing her recent acclaimed EP Awake and more.

Most people who know Phil Madeira know him as one of the most seasoned players in Nashville. Since his arrival in 1983, Madeira has seen success in a plethora of different ways. He has quietly released five solo critically-acclaimed records and has shared the stage with Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Leon Russell, and Jack White. If you can think of it, Phil Madeira has probably lived it; but that's what most people don't know about Phil Madeira - his own story - and he's finally ready to tell it.Releasing on April 6, Providence is a rare look at the man behind the music, a chance for listeners to get to know Madeira's own stories, after having spent decades helping other songwriters and musicians tell theirs. Click here to read Madeira's interview with Rolling Stone Country + watch the video for 'Gothenburg,' a song that celebrates his family's immigrant experience.

Where can you hear entertainers who have amassed an astounding 259 Top 10 singles - 112 of which hit #1 - sold millions of albums and have mantles full of ACM, CMA and GRAMMY Awards? On The 2019 Country Music Cruise of course. The superstar-studded party on the sea is set to sailJanuary 27 - February 3, 2019 aboard Holland America's stunning Signature class ship the Nieuw Amsterdam. TV star, author and one of the world's most well known comedians, Jeff Foxworthy, is set to headline the 2019 cruise.

Family, friends, fans and music industry colleagues of the late Mel Tillis gathered at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, January 31, to honor the legendary singer who passed away last November.  

Tommy Emmanuel's ACCOMPLICE ONE Album Earns Top Spots On Multiple Charts

Sprouting from the musical foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Charlottesville, Virginia's LOVE CANON is excited to announce they have signed on with Moonstruck Management and Organic Records and are set to release their 4th album, Cover Story, in Spring 2018. For Cover Story, LOVE CANON has decided to take many of the suggestions that they get at their high energy live shows and will feature ten new-to-them 80's hits and a plethora of special guests. Cover Story is a follow up to their previous efforts, Greatest Hits Volumes 1-3.

Esteemed Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and performer TOMMY EMMANUEL today (1/19) released his new ACCOMPLICE ONE collaborations album on CGP Sounds and distributed by Thirty Tigers. Debuting at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Albums chart on a wave of praise

Esteemed Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and performer TOMMY EMMANUEL today (1/5) released the official music video for 'Djangology' featuring Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, from his upcoming ACCOMPLICE ONE collaborations album due out January 19.

Get ready to deck the halls as digital broadcast network getTV prepares to debut its first original offering, A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS , a 60-minute music-variety special featuring popular country artists Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis, Ashley Cleveland and Dailey & Vincent, today, December 7 at 8PM ET/7C.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces comedy star Kevin Nealon ( Saturday Night Live, Weeds ), rock legend Doyle Bramhall II and more.

Esteemed Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and performerTOMMY EMMANUEL yesterday (11/30) unveiled the official music video for 'Looking Forward To The Past' featuring Rodney Crowell with No Depression.

Piano virtuoso Kory Caudill released his Christmas With Kory Caudill & Friends earlier this month, and his original song, 'Sleepy Little Baby Boy,' was made available to radio today

Country music legend Mel Tillis passed away early this morning at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida following a lengthy struggle to regain his health.

Following a lengthy struggle to regain his health, country music legend Mel Tillis passed away early this morning at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. Tillis battled intestinal issues since early 2016 and never fully recovered. The suspected cause of death is respiratory failure. Tillis was 85.

Esteemed Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and performerTOMMY EMMANUEL yesterday (11/14) partnered with Rolling Stone Country to premiere 'Borderline' featuring Amanda Shires.