Where the Bluegrass Grows

Posted by amyclark on 08/10/2008
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8/10/2007 Stephen L. Betts The upcoming CD release, Salt of the Earth, will mark the first time Ricky Skaggs, wife Sharon White, sister-in-law Cheryl White and father-in-law Buck White (the trio known as The Whites) have all recorded a full album together. Mixing traditional hymns, gospel favorites and five new inspirational tracks, the album, though not strictly a bluegrass record, spotlights the inimitable family harmony that has thrilled Ricky Skaggs and Whites fans for years. Ricky, whose music has blended country, bluegrass, gospel, and the Celtic tradition, recently returned from a trip to Scotland. In an interview with the UK paper, The Herald,  Ricky says, "I never consciously try to write Scottish or Irish-sounding tunes; they just seem to come to me. In fact, sometimes I feel that it should only be a generation or two since my family moved over here, rather than the five or six generations that it is." Salt of the Earth will be released Sept. 25 on Skaggs Family Records.