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.
More news for Ricky Skaggs
CD reviews for Ricky Skaggs
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: A fine night for Taylor Swift –
Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles –
The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
|
|
Country News Digest
 CST
 CST
Elsewhere in the news
Currently at the CST blogs
To say that Lyle Lovett has a great new album in "Natural Forces" is a newsflash akin to announcing that oxygen is now available for mass consumption at no charge. Lovett's musical quality is as automatic as a politician's promise and infinitely more trustworthy, which might lead one to believe that, at a certain level, the Texas singer/songwriter has become slightly jaded by the consistent accolades thrown his way. One would be very mistaken.... »»»
When "Mountain Soul" became a critical success, it wasn't long before fans began requesting a follow-up from Patty Loveless. "They were questioning last year when I was ever going to do another record such as the first 'Mountain Soul,'" Loveless says. "So, Saguaro Records came to me about doing another record with them, and we suggested doing one to coincide with the popularity of what the first one did."... »»»
Rosie Flores played in Screaming Sirens, back when cow-punk wasn't (yet) cool. She also helped turn Los Angeles, that underground roots rock town south of Bakersfield, into a flourishing alternative country music scene in the '80s. Her self-titled debut album was produced by Peter Anderson, who played guitar and produced some guy named Dwight Yoakam, and she even handled lead guitar work for Butch Hancock's band in 1994. She ain't done yet, though, as her new CD demonstrates.... »»»
Play On
Through three releases, the one constant about Carrie Underwood is her big voice. It's an instrument in and of itself no matter whether going for somewhat of a country sound, a pure pop bent or a tougher, rocking edge. She can add the right touch to sad songs such as Temporary Home in part about a young boy who has to shuffle from home to home or the tough sounding Quitter. »»» |
|
