The nod to Osborne is especially poignant, seeing as Ellis got to work with the mandolin virtuoso before he died last year at 91. Through the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music ...

What started as a little boy playing the mandolin has turned into a decades ... first performance on stage at six years old. The band Kentucky Thunder accompanies Skaggs in his performances ...

Ricky Skaggs speaks with American Songwriter about his hopes that young artists stay true to personal creativity.