Starting on July 13, 2018, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville will honor Appalachian mountain musician Ralph Stanley with an exhibit titled Ralph Stanley: Voice from on High. Ralph Stanley first found fame with older brother Carter
Nathan Stanley has organized an all-star concert to honor the memory of his grandfather, the great Ralph Stanley, with whom he had toured during the last years of Ralph's life. It will feature a couple dozen bluegrass and country stars
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
