Cracker Barrel looks to release Ricky Skaggs, Kenny Rogers CDs in 2008
Monday, December 17, 2007 – Look for new CDs from Ricky Skaggs and Kenny Rogers through Cracker Barrel in 2008, according to a publicist for the food chain. Exact details were not available, but a spokesperson said an album from each was due in 2008.
Both artists have put out music on their own labels.
Cracker Barrel has forged into the music business, recently putting out live albums by Alabama and Josh Turner.
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Ricky Skaggs Solo (Songs My Dad Loved)
It's sparse and on the eclectic side. There's no one on the CD but Ricky Skaggs playing a bevy of instruments from a gut string fretless banjo to a piano to an Ernie Ball bass. While the bluegrass community frowns on percussion and electric guitars, this is still the most likely audience for this project. This is a display of the music Skaggs' father loved and it harkens back to the '50s and before. Many songs are one voice (he's overdubbed harmonies on a few), and that »»» |
The High Notes
Before returning to bluegrass in 1996, Ricky Skaggs had a hugely successful career as a mainstream country artist throughout the 1980's and early 1990's. In a time overrun with artists striving for pop crossover success, Skaggs' high lonesome sound and bluegrass roots prompted Chet Atkins to proclaim him as the man you would save country music. "The High notes," recorded exclusively for Cracker Barrel, takes many of those mainstream hits and resets them in, as the cover »»» |
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947
When Bill Monroe died in 1996, Ricky Skaggs felt a heavy burden to continue the tradition Monroe had started just over 50 years before. He soon returned from country to his roots performing only bluegrass, and his newest release is a fantastic effort to remind newer fans where it all began.
Mining the original 28 sides cut by the band, that featured Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Howard Watts, Skaggs selected 12 songs ranging from the well-known "Bluegrass »»» |
Editorial: American Idol's Carrie Underwood can sing –
If anyone saw the Super Bowl – what a great great game that was – they would have heard American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood sing the National Anthem. Underwood did with her voice what Kelly Clarkson did last week with her written words – give it to Scott Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records,, who tried defending Taylor Swift by knocking American Idol performers. »»»
Concert Review: McBride, Adkins shine sometimes –
As Martina McBride pointed out, the pairing of the country singer with Trace Adkins on their current jaunt was surprising. After all, she's of diva-quality voice, petite, non-controversial unless you call singing songs that empower women controversial. Adkins, on the other hand, has not been afraid to speak his mind with a kick butt attitude.... »»»
Concert Review: Eilen Jewell wears her musical hats well –
Eilen Jewell wears a lot of musical hats. The Idaho native, who now lives in Boston, fronts the Eilen (ee-lin) Jewell Band, a pretty much traditional country band. She's a member the Sacred Shakers, an octet doing gospel country with a country beat. And she has yet another project, Butcher Holler, covering Loretta Lynn songs.... »»»
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