Here’s some good news for Ricky Skaggs fans who have followed his career for the past couple of decades.

His Skaggs Family Records label is poised to launch the first in a series of Skaggs’ landmark country albums from the 1980s, when the artist was consistently riding the top of the charts with his blend of bluegrass and country music.

Jerry Douglas stopped recording CDs for the masses several albums ago. Not that any were destined to go platinum since Douglas and his jaw-dropping musicianship, on any solo project, will be aimed at dobro fanatics and others who slobber over intricate instrumental work.

Prominent leaders in business, entertainment and media expressed their support for the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum at the not-for-profit educational organization’s second annual All for the Hall New York fundraiser at the Nokia Theatre Times Square on October 15.

Hosted by actor-musician Billy Bob Thornton and his band, the Boxmasters, the select crowd included veteran NBC newscaster Tom Brokaw; film directors Jonathan Demme and Andrew Jarecki; musician and painter Bob Neuwirth; record producer Nile Rodgers; comedian and TV personality Jeffrey Ross; former NBC anchor John Siegenthaler Jr. and his wife, former Seattle TV news anchor Kerry Brock; ESPN newscaster Hannah Storm; and country singer Chely Wright.

New York, NY — On Wednesday, October 15, Rodney Crowell, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris will perform at the second annual All for the Hall New York benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Presented as an old-fashioned “guitar pull,” the benefit at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square will [...]