Ralph Stanley

Ralph Stanley - the Good Doctor, the Dean of Mountain Music, and one of the few survivors from the earliest days of bluegrass music - is the subject of a feature in the current (January/February) edition of Garden & Gun

On this day in 1923 …… January 10, 1923, Curly Ray Cline was born. Had he lived, the extrovert Curly Ray Cline would have been 90 years old today. Born in Pike County, Kentucky, Cline was inspired to play the fiddle by hearing

I’m sure by now the fruitcake is on the table and you have a bookmark on Luke 2, but if you need a little bluegrass to get you in the Christmas spirit, here are some Christmas classics that are sure

Here is the opening installment in what we hope will be a regular feature at Bluegrass Today, a weekend festival weather report with Special Bluegrass Correspondent, John Goad. As often as time, resources and inclination allow, SBC Goad will report on

With the elections in their final stretch in the US, it seems like a good time to poll our readers for a vote on a chief executive of our beloved bluegrass music. Which of these bluegrass icons would earn your vote? Feel

Is there a family legacy in bluegrass music more durable than that of the Stanleys of Virginia? Not content to rest on the laurels he has deservedly earned as a pioneer in the early days with his brother Carter, Ralph Stanley continues

When Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys performed at the Mid Pointe Music Festival in Cincinnati on September 29, they also shot a video for a local outfit that is restoring the old Emery Theatre there in town. Videographer Michael Wilson met the

A very thankful trend this past few years has been the notable increase in feature length and short form films being made about bluegrass music. It may be a factor of the wider availability of digital recording and editing gear,

Three agencies have announced news this week that relate to artist representation in the bluegrass world. Ralph Stanley is now being booked by the Paradigm Agency, based in Nashville. Bobby Cudd with Paradigm will be handling Stanley's dates. Unless you lay your mind

Fred McWayne sent along these shots of the good Doctor of mountain Music, Ralph Stanley, when he performed June 8 at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro, NC.