From: John Sheldon [secretary_at_scottishbluegrass_dot_com] on behalf of secretary_at_scottishbluegrass_dot_com

Sent: 13 February 2012 10:19

Subject: Bluegrass and more.......e-magazine Feb/March 2012

 

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

On the bill at The International Festival Of Country Music

London Wembley Arena 26th February 2012

Belfast Odyssey Arena 29th February 2012

2012 marks the 53rd year since Ricky struck his first chords on a mandolin, and this fourteen-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music.  With 12 consecutive Grammy-nominated classics behind him, all from his own Skaggs Family Records label (Bluegrass Rules! in 1998, Ancient Tones in 1999, History of the Future in 2001, Soldier of the Cross, Live at the Charleston Music Hall, and Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe in 2003, Brand New Strings in 2005, Instrumentals in 2007, Salt of the Earth with The Whites in 2008, Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 in 2009 and Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved along with Mosaic in 2010), the diverse and masterful tones made by the gifted Skaggs come from a life dedicated to playing music that is both fed by the soul and felt by the heart. 

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