BY DAVID MENCONI THE NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. September 26, 2018 Congratulate Ricky Skaggs on making the Hall of Fame, and you might get the unexpected response: “Which one?”Skaggs is not trying to be funny or arrogant — it’s hard to keep track. Not only is he being inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Hall of Fame at Thursday night’s IBMA Awards, he’ll also go into the Country Music Hall of Fame next month.“Well, you never know when those...

VENUE CHANGE! Due to flooding of the Shenandoah River at Watermelon Park Campground, Watermelon Park Fest will now be held at Clarke County Fairgrounds, 890 W. Main Street, Berryville, VA  22611. Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder are scheduled to perform on Sat., Sept. 22. We hope to see you there! 

"I was saddened to hear the news of Mike Kennedy’s passing, but after seeing his family and so many of his friends at his visitation service, I didn’t feel such a sense of loss. Everyone there was talking about Mike and what a good friend he had been to them and how he’d helped them in life. An elderly lady said 'he would come and mow my yard and wouldn’t take anything for it.' So even though Mike is not with us in body, he’s in all our hearts who knew him. Oh, I didn’t even mention what a...

ENCINO, CA (August 2, 2018) – The Academy of Country Music® announced that Chris Stapleton will take the stage at the 12th ANNUAL ACM HONORS™, an evening dedicated to recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards™. It was also announced that Bobby Bones, Kip Moore and Ricky Skaggs will present at the ceremony taking place Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN and will be co-hosted by Lauren...

Ray Stevens Officially Inducted Alongside Brenda Lee, Jeannie Seely, and Ben Folds Nashville, Tenn. (August 22, 2018) — Yesterday, August 21, in downtown Nashville, country and comedy music legend Ray Stevens received his very own star on the Music City Walk of Fame. Stevens' friend and fellow GRAMMY® Award-winning music colleague Ricky Skaggs presented him with the honor. "When I look at all the names on the Walk of Fame, it's truly humbling to see mine included there," says...

“I was saddened to hear of Aretha Franklin’s passing. I listened to her music, watched her life, and saw her struggles. She was one of the many whose first audience was the Church. She loved the spirit of gospel music and brought it into mainstream popular R&B. Others tried to duplicate her style, but she was an original, not a copy! I’m thankful she’s finally at rest in the place she sang about where there is total peace, love and joy unspeakable.” - Ricky Skaggs

August 13, 2018, New York, NY — Blackbird Presents and AXS TV are proud to announce the broadcast premiere and music release of Volunteer Jam XX: A Tribute To Charlie. The broadcast and music release features a collection of legendary singers, songwriters, and superstars who came together to celebrate Charlie Daniel’s twentieth Volunteer Jam at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee this March. AXS TV will premiere the two-hour broadcast on Sunday, August 19 at 10PM ET, and Blackbird...

Ricky Skaggs started his musical journey when he was just a child, playing with his heroes like Flatt & Scruggs and Bill Monroe. Learn more about the amazing career that has led him to the Country Music Hall of Fame. #HonorThyMusicWatch video about Ricky Skaggs here - https://www.facebook.com/countrymusichof/videos/

Nashville, Tenn. (July 25, 2018) — This morning in Nashville, during a live broadcast on SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction, 15-time GRAMMY® winner Ricky Skaggs was formally announced as an inductee for the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Along with Paul Williams, Tom T. Hall and the late Dixie Hall, Skaggs will be officially inducted on Thursday, September 27 in Raleigh, NC at the International Bluegrass Music Awards. The awards show will be broadcast...

Every summer for more than two decades, Ryman Auditorium has celebrated their distinction as the birthplace of bluegrass music with their signature Bluegrass Nights summer series. Join us for an incredible performance as Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder close out the summer series on July 26. Tickets are almost gone, so click HERE to purchase yours now! ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 7:30 PM AND ARE PRECEDED BY 650 AM WSM’S FREE SHOWCASE, PICKIN’ ON THE PLAZA, FEATURING REGIONAL BLUEGRASS BANDS...

Billboard article 7/18/2018 by Tom Roland Ricky Skaggs is celebrating his 64th birthday today in a slightly different atmosphere than he has ever observed it before, knowing that sometime this fall the Country Music Association will officially induct him into the Country Music Hall of Fame, placing his bronzed visage alongside plaques of some of his mentors, including Bill Monroe, Emmylou Harris and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs."I was doing...

All of us at RS Entertainment and Skaggs Family Records would like to wish Ricky Skaggs a Happy Birthday! He is turning 64 today! Happy Birthday Ricky! Thank you for sharing your music with us and the world!