The Stanley Brothers

Compass Records is preparing an 80th Anniversary Stanley Brothers Tribute project for 2025, and are releasing a debut single this week to tempt the palate. It's a new cut of the classic tune, Ralph's Banjo Special, coming during Ralph Stanley's

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY has opened a special exhibit featuring the personal instruments played by Ralph and Carter Stanley, The Stanley Brothers. Though they only performed and recorded under that name for 20

The state of Tennessee has chosen November 4 for the dedication of a new historical marker in Johnson City commemorating the Rich-R-Tone Records company, which operated there for many years. Rich-R-Tone was the first record label to locate in east Tennessee,

The Stanley Brothers, from Dickenson County, Virginia, formed their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, in the month of November 1946. Carter played guitar and sang lead, while Ralph played banjo and sang with what was then a timorous high tenor

Lester Woodie passed away on March 23, 2018, at Lynchburg General Hospital Lynchburg, Virginia. He was 86 years old and had been ailing with Alzheimer’s disease for several years.  Lester Gene Woodie was born September 20, 1931, in western North Carolina,

Since last year, SamJam Bluegrass festival organizers Sam Karr and Rick Greene have helped promote the festival in a uniquely Kentucky way. They have teamed up with a craft distillery in the commonwealth to produce a special edition bourbon bottle,

The Stanley Brothers’ 1951 Columbia release of the classic song, I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow, is among the 2020 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees. The Stanley Brothers, Carter (guitar) and Ralph (banjo), along with the Clinch Mountain Boys – Pee Wee

On November 22, 1964, the Stanley Brothers began a few days of recording in Baltimore for radio personality Ray Davis.  Over a three-day period the Stanley Brothers committed 22 Gospel songs to tape. They were released on two albums on the

Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys at Stanley Brothers Tribute - photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys headlined an all-star tribute to the Stanley Brothers on Wednesday night at the Country Music Hall

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has announced a special, all-star concert on October 24 as part of their ongoing exhibit honoring Ralph Stanley. Billed as A Tribute to Ralph & Carter Stanley, the show will feature