NASHVILLE, Tenn. --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 died ...

Legendary bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley died Thursday night at the age of 89. According to a message posted to Facebook by his grandson, Stanley succumbed to skin cancer after a long battle. The ...

Dr. Ralph Stanley is set to release an album of duets early next year. The legendary bluegrass artist will release 'Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow' on Jan. 19 exclusively through ...

The bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley, who died Thursday evening, at the age of eighty-nine, leaves behind an enormously influential—and just plain enormous—body of work. As one half of the Stanley ...

It happened this past week -- the death of Ralph Stanley, considered a founding father of modern bluegrass music, though he himself preferred the term "mountain music." Born in rural Virginia, young ...

Bluegrass music icon Ralph Stanley has died. The singer and banjo player passed away on Thursday (June 23), at the age of 89, due to difficulties from skin cancer, a press release reports. Born on Feb ...

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, ...

Who: Ralph Stanley, 82, an iconic figure in old-time music -- some folks would call it bluegrass -- and his five-member band. When: 8:50 p.m. Friday at the WorkPlay theater, after opening act Rick ...

Together with his brother Carter, the Stanley Brothers created a smooth duet sound but it was Ralph's a capella rendition of "O Death" that took his name and voice beyond the bluegrass audience. PAUL ...

Listen • 3:52 20160624_me_bluegrass_hall_of_famer_ralph_stanley_dies_at_89.mp3 One of the early leaders of bluegrass music, Ralph Stanley, has died at age 89. His ...

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has died. Family members confirmed that the banjo player and leader of the Clinch Mountain Boys died on Thursday (June 23) at age 89 after a battle with cancer.

Ralph Stanley, pioneering bluegrass musician and one of the foremost remaining links to the origins of traditional American music, died Thursday evening at his home in Sandy Ridge, Virginia due to ...