Ralph Stanley

  • The Banjo Project documentary on PBS

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    The Banjo Project documentary is to be aired November 4, as part of the PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains series. Give Me the Banjo, an 80-minute film narrated by Steve Martin, will be one episode in the new mini-series, Arts Fall Festival, scheduled for national

  • Ralph Stanley at Delaware Valley

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    Once again, we have a wealth of photos from Frank Baker, this time from the 40th Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, held the first weekend in September. Let's start with this brilliant gallery of Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain

  • Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration from Rounder

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    Rounder Records will release Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration - A Classic Bluegrass Tribute on August 23, a two-disc commemoration of the Father of Bluegrass during his centennial year. The album will include 28 tracks from prominent Rounder artists like The Grascals,

  • July is Virginia Bluegrass Festival Month

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    Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a proclamation declaring July 2011 as Virginia Bluegrass Festival Month. It, and six others recognizing Virginia natives who have profoundly affected the development of bluegrass music, will be read from the stage during the Oak

  • Ralph Stanley on WNCW

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    More great radio for Friday (2/25). Ralph Stanley will be calling in to WNCW during the 2:00 p.m. hour (EST) to talk with Dennis Jones about the good doctor's upcoming Gospel CD, A Mother's Prayer. The album is expected this Spring

  • Two more Ralph Stanley reissues from Rebel

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    We have lauded several times the efforts of Rebel and County Records in getting their deep back catalog into digital distribution. They have been recording bluegrass and old time music since the early 1960s, and have several hundred titles between

  • Bee-Liners on a Shuffler strike

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    We've all heard of hunger strikes, where some lone voice refuses to eat in protest, risking their very life to draw attention to some perceived wrong. It has had its noble practitioners over the course of recorded history Well... the Dixie

  • Ralph Stanley – A Mother’s Prayer

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    Rebel Records has released a promo video in advance of Ralph Stanley's upcoming Gospel album, A Mother's Prayer. In it, both Ralph and his road manager and long time Clinch Mountain Boys guitarist James Alan Shelton discuss the good Doctor's work