CMAs 2018: All the Performances Ranked From Worst to Best

from BILLBOARD – 11/15/2018 by Isaac Weeks The 2018 Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 14) returned to a well-worn theme for the CMAs in featuring young talent showing respect to their elders, but it was veterans schooling...

RICKY SKAGGS REMARKS ON ROY CLARK PASSING

“Roy Clark was an amazing musician and entertainer. He made pickin’ look fun to all of us young kids. I loved Roy Clark and he loved me. I’ll really miss him but he will not miss me where he’s at. There’s no missing in Heaven.” -Ricky Skaggs

How Ricky Skaggs saved country, left country and came back home

by Cindy Watts, Nashville – The Tennessean Published 8:00 a.m. CT Nov. 9, 2018Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, towered over the tow-haired first-grader he’d just pulled on stage in Martha, Kentucky. The kid wasn’t supposed to be part of...