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.

“The Doctor is in the House.” That’s the buzz that would circulate when legendary musician Ralph Stanley arrived at a bluegrass festival. Stanley died Thursday at home in the mountains of Southwest ...

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, ...

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.

Wintergrass may have jumped ship to bourgeois Bellevue, but this show is proof that bluegrass still has a home in Tacoma. With his clawhammer banjo and folksy vocal style, the legendary 83-year-old ...

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 ...

Ralph Stanley, one of the founding fathers and great originals of American bluegrass music, died on Thursday. He was 89. His grandson, Nathan, posted on his Facebook page that Ralph Stanley died after ...

Bluegrass music legend Ralph Stanley died Thursday. He was 89. His publicist, Kirt Webster, confirmed the singer’s passing, the Associated Press reported. Among his countless accomplishments, the ...

Legendary bluegrass music banjo player Ralph Stanley died on Thursday, June 23 from complications of skin cancer. He was 89 years old, and was beloved by bluegrass aficionados all over the world. Born ...