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.

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 Thursday at his ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES – The old farm boy who used to raise cattle in a place called Big Spraddle Creek says at age 87, he doesn’t even raise a garden. But Ralph Stanley still raises his voice. And when he does ...

Bluegrass great Ralph Stanely was no stranger to Tucson. He played regular shows here from the late 1990s through 2014, his last show here at Fox Tucson Theatre with his Clinch Mountain Boys. He was ...

Grounded in tradition through they are, Barrett Smith and his fellow Steep Canyon Rangers nonetheless see bluegrass as a ...

Ralph Stanley’s well-written biographical summary states that his voice is of another century (not even the 20th) and another time. While it would be easy to dismiss this as typical PR-speak, one ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The old farm boy who used to raise cattle in a place called Big Spraddle Creek says at age 87, he doesn’t even raise a garden. But Ralph Stanley still raises his voice. And when he ...

Stanley was one of the early leaders of bluegrass music, and enjoyed an unexpectedly broad following after he sang "O, Death" in the film O,... Bluegrass Pioneer Ralph Stanley Dies At 89 One of the ...

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has died at the age of 89. He was perhaps most famous for his rendition of "O Death" on the soundtrack to the film... Ralph Stanley, Bluegrass Legend, Dies At 89 ARI ...