CLINTWOOD, Va. -- James King paused. Silence on the line. Then came a sniffle and his choked up voice. “I’m going to visit Carter again,” King said. Carter as in the late Carter Stanley, who with ...

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, ...

RALPH STANLEY'S spiritual bluegrass music is instantly reminiscent of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?": His haunting a cappella "O Death" is featured prominently in the film. In addition, the film's ...

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 ...

He came to fame late in life when his music was featured on the triple-platinum soundtrack of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Stanley sings and plays banjo. He won two Grammys this year for his ...

Ralph Stanley smiled as he strolled past a banjo-shaped birthday cake Saturday, one week shy of his 85th birthday. At Heartwood, Southwest Virginia’s Artisan Gateway, more than 100 well-wishers turned ...

To call Ralph Stanley an American music legend is an understatement. Along with his brother, Carter, the Virginia native is one of the founding fathers of bluegrass and has performed on more than 170 ...

Ralph Stanley and his brother Carter were mountain boys. The Stanley Brothers “took those mountains and their traditions and their songs,” AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, “and wove them ...