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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 ...

For the thousands of miles Stanley spent traveling the world to entertain fans of traditional roots music, he always returned home to the hills of Dickenson County. On Tuesday, hundreds of fans turned ...

(Reuters) - U.S. bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley, who with his brother Carter helped popularize the Appalachian music and gained late career fame through the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," died ...

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 ...

Musician Ralph Stanley performs onstage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on April 28, 2012 in Indio, California. Ralph Stanley, the godfather of traditional bluegrass music who found a new ...