The Stanley Brothers

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

Listermann Brewing Company in Cincinnati is launching a special tribute beer this weekend in honor of the upcoming 75th anniversary of King Records, a Cincinnati institution. The beer is a New England style IPA titled Hide Away/Train 45, for popular

Farm and Fun Time transcription disc arrives safely at the NDCC in Massachusetts The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA, are one step closer to their goal of digitizing a rare Stanley Brothers recording. As of

On April 13th 2018, I made my way to Haysi, Virginia to say goodbye to my longtime childhood friend and fellow musician, Ernie Thacker. Ernie and I were hard Stanley nuts as two boys growing up in Northeast Ohio could

The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum have posted on their Facebook page a light-hearted update on the digitization process for the rare Stanley Brothers record that won a restoration grant from the Virginia Association of Museums last