Ralph Stanley

Dom Flemons brings to life music of America’s past from black and white traditions – and their shared repertoire and styles – as he travels the world pointing out what people have in common, rather

The first of this year’s Across the Blue Ridge summer listening sessions brings us a wonderful selection of old and new songs and tunes demonstrating the many cultural crossroads in American tradit

This week, as the fiddlers’ convention season in the south really gets underway, we check out some songs and tunes old and new from the Virginia mountains.  In the southwestern part of Virginia, Ga

The evolution of style is normally a multi-layered process.  And where old time and bluegrass music are concerned, you’ll find all sorts of approaches to tradition among younger musicians. Many of

This week we feature some outstanding string band music from the New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters of southwest Virginia, with powerful singing, fiddling and autoharp playing from Eddie Bond.  Also,

This week’s show celebrates the life and music of Ralph Stanley, the famed southwest Virginia singer and banjo player who died June 23, 2016 at age 89.  Stanley combined the Primitive Baptist hymns

Bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley has died. Family members say he passed away Thursday night at his home in Virginia after a battle with skin cancer. He was 89 years old.

This week on Across the Blue Ridge, we take a field trip to see a senior fiddler, John “Johnny” Lewis, in southwest Virginia.  He’s played music since early childhood, and now, at age 92,