September 14, 2015

Cooder-White-Skaggs coming to Peace Center

Greenville News

Donna Isbell Walker, diwalker@greenvillenews.com 10:47 a.m. EDT September 14, 2015

Acclaimed instrumentalists Ry Cooder and Ricky Skaggs are coming to the Peace Center in November.

Cooder and Skaggs are teaming up with country/gospel singer Sharon White for a tour that showcases the music of all three.

Tickets for the Nov. 21 Cooder-White-Skaggs concert are $30-$60, and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Bluegrass icon Skaggs has won more than a dozen Grammy Awards, including five for Best Bluegrass Album. Guitarist Cooder has performed everything from rock to calypso, and has won Grammys for Best Tropical Latin Album and Best World Music Album.

White is known for her work with her family’s band The Whites, which performed on the soundtrack for the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

For more info, visit www.peacecenter.org.