Ralph Stanley

As those of us in the United States celebrate Independence Day today, what better music to accompany our cookouts and fireworks than bluegrass? Nothing goes with the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air quite like the ring of

Here's a story of how one bluegrass singer reacted to the passing of the great Ralph Stanley, and how the experience left him with a loving song of tribute, and a new bluegrass single. Bill Hunter has been around traditional mountain

The founders of New York City's popular Bottom Line night club have released on CD a classic recording made by Ralph Stanley there back in 2002. Ralph Stanley: Live At The Bottom Line features the good Doctor performing many of his

For fans of the late Ralph Stanley, here's something that will cheer your heart as your reflect on his passing last year. His grandson, Nathan, who performed with Dr. Stanley in his later years, has released a new album of Gospel

We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every

The Friday night show at the Norwalk Music Festival closed out with a tribute to Ralph Stanley and the Stanley Brothers. Festival co-promoter, Chris Smith, and Junior Sisk teamed up to present this touching tribute. Chris had this to say just before

As the bluegrass world has mourned the loss of a titan in the form of Ralph Stanley, a topic on many people's minds has been the preservation of his music and the possible loss of his distinctive mountain sound against

The tributes to Ralph Stanley this past week have been both numerous and poignant, demonstrating how deeply his music and his kindness have touched others over a 70 year career. One that we just received shows that it wasn't just in his

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

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