For many years, Ralph Stanley II toured with his father, the legendary Ralph Stanley, before breaking away to make his own mark in the bluegrass and real country music worlds. A long-time artist ...

BARBOURSVILLE — The Stanley Brothers were part of the first generation of artists to make a deep impact in the genre we now know as bluegrass music, which officially began in 1945 near the end of ...

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, has died. He was 89. Stanley ...

HILTONS — Ralph Stanley II and his legendary father, banjo player Ralph Stanley, will bring Clinch Mountain-style bluegrass and traditional country music to Scott County this weekend with an ...

Stanley was featured on the Coen Brothers' 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' movie soundtrack. By The Associated Press Ralph Stanley - Getty - H 2016 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of ...

Bluegrass music pioneer Ralph Stanley has died following a long battle with skin cancer. The news was first announced last night in a Facebook post by Stanley’s grandson. Stanley was 89 years old.

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.

Bluegrass music pioneer Ralph Stanley died Thursday at the age of 89, publicist Kirt Webster announced on Stanley’s official website. The “patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Fox News) -- 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 ...