• Ralph Stanley funeral video available online

    WYMT television in Hazard, KY has made the video stream from yesterday evening's funeral services for Ralph Stanley available on YouTube. Many lovers of Stanley's raw version of mountain bluegrass music were tuned in last night as the services were streamed

  • Remembering Ralph Stanley – without muffins

    This is a column normally devoted to tongue-in-cheek coverage of bluegrass topics, faux advice, and the occasional bluegrass haiku, but one day after the public funeral of Ralph Stanley, I’m not exactly feeling in that spirit. There’s been eloquent writing about

  • Stanley funeral to be broadcast on WYMT

    WYMT, the CBS television affiliate in Hazard, KY, has announced that they will be broadcasting Ralph Stanley's funeral services tomorrow evening (6/28) starting at 6:00 p.m. (EDT). Plans for the celebration of Dr. Stanley's life are as follows: The family will receive

  • Ralph Stanley at MerleFest 2014

    We heard this morning from R. B. Powell,from Lewistown, PA, a banjo picker and promoter of scholarships for young musicians.   He shared this video he had shot of Ralph Stanley during MerleFest 2014 at the Creekside Stage as part of the

  • Ralph Stanley passes

    It’s hard to know what to say about legends in our industry. Accurately describing the importance of their contributions - and lifetime commitment - to bluegrass and traditional music is nearly impossible. This evening, one of the true founding fathers

  • Mitchell Van Dyke leaves Ralph Stanley

    Mitchell Van Dyke, banjo player this past five years with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, has tendered his resignation. That follows on yesterday's word from bass player Randall Hibbitts that he would be leaving the band as well. Though