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 ...

HUNTINGTON — The Stanley Brothers were a bedrock part of the early growth of the bluegrass genre. Hailing from the Clinch Mountains of southwestern Virginia, Ralph and Carter Stanley became an ...

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.

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 ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Rosanne Cash and Ralph Stanley II, two artists with bloodline connections to this region’s musical heritage, are among the first wave of performers announced for the Bristol Rhythm & ...

Tickets go on sale Friday for the Ralph Stanley II concert at The Rex Theater, Galax. This show is set for 3 p.m. Feb. 10. General admission tickets are $10. Go to ...

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.

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Ralph Stanley backstage at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. in 2011. The Appalachian music patriarch, who helped expand and popularize the bluegrass sound, has died. He was 89. His ...