Ralph Stanley favors songs that are older than he is, older than the bluegrass he's usually associated with. In fact, Stanley's music -- he prefers to call it "old-time mountain music" -- goes back to ...

Ralph Stanley, the legendary banjo player who helped establish the bluegrass music genre, died Thursday night. He was 89. Family members said that Stanley, who began playing music with his late ...

Ralph Stanley is a roots and bluegrass music icon, no doubt. His decades in the business featured some ups and downs -- not the least of which was the loss in 1966 of his Stanley Brothers cohort, ...

One of the early leaders of bluegrass music, Ralph Stanley, has died at age 89. His death was announced by his grandson Nathan Stanley; Stanley's publicist said in a statement that the cause was ...

Nathan Stanley can say he started learning his craft at his grandfather’s knee. Literally. “I’ve been on stage with him since I was 2 years old, and I’ve watched every move he made,” the vocalist and ...

Ralph Stanley was one of the bluegrass genre’s most influential figures. The banjo virtuoso was an early trailblazer of the then-fledging genre, quickly rising to prominence alongside his brother, ...

Dr. Ralph Stanley is one of the most famous names in bluegrass music, and the Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter will soon make his way to Central Virginia. Stanley’s upcoming show will give ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday. He was 89. His ...

(Reuters) - U.S. bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley, who with his brother Carter helped popularize the Appalachian music and gained late career fame through the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," died ...

Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday. He was 89. Stanley died at his home in ...