Mountain Style

Chatting with Dr. Ralph Stanley, a pioneer of bluegrass music before there was such a thing

"...mountain music -- the genres to which Dr. Ralph Stanley is variously assigned -- have never achieved wide popularity,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Big Night

"...Directed by: Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott. Starring: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub,..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning

"...Superlative Marty Stuart stings up with old-time pioneer Ralph Stanley, blues legends Delbert McClinton and Charlie Musselwhite meet the..."

April 18, 2008 Music Feature

More Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

OSMF preview

"...Dr. Ralph Stanley..."

April 11, 2014 Music Feature

Steal Big, Steal Little

"...Elements of screwball comedy and even a hint of Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World crop..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Stanley Brothers

In Box

"...The Stanley Brothers..."

May 18, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Revenant Records Discography

"...Stanley Brothers..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Hill Country Breakdown

"...instrumental competency, making nothing short of virtuosity acceptable. The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Reno & Smiley, the Osborne..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Hectic but Good

Profile of country / bluegrass singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale

"...I Feel Like Singing Today, recorded with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, was released in August..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy wages on, Willie and the Doggfather get Half Baked in Amsterdam, and Pinetop Perkins gets his mojo working

"...the 21st annual Old Settler's Music Festival than Ralph Stanley. On Saturday the bluegrass patriarch, flanked by son Ralph..."

April 25, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Old Settler's Music Festival Interviews

Talking bluegrass with five OSMF headliners and a Dripping Springs dweller

"...Chronicle: Bluegrass has more range than ever. The Punch Brothers make progressive pop with string-band instrumentation, while acts like..."

April 17, 2015 Music Feature

Kentucky Traveler: My Life in Music

Kentucky picker demures

"...young boy – Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers – and even after joining the latter's Clinch..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Record Reviews

"...you like the first time you heard the Everly Brothers hit those notes, which is appropriate since they covered..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

10 Minutes With Ry Cooder

Journeyman guitarist yes, ethnomusicologist maybe

"...Then you could go up to somebody like Carter Stanley and say “hello.” That gave you some insight into..."

Sept. 17, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Sidewalks of New York

"...Directed by: Edward Burns. Starring: Callie Thorne, Stanley Tucci, Brittany Murphy, David Krumholtz, Heather Graham, Dennis Farina,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tapping Into the New Old Settler’s Music Festival

Checking in with Donna the Buffalo, Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass, the women of I'm With Her, and more

"...playing with friends and having a great childhood. The Stanley Brothers and Doc Watson, that was the soundtrack to..."

April 20, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Spotlight: Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs, at home with God, Bill Monroe, and his own music.

"..."A lot of people influenced me from the Stanley Brothers to Stephane Grappelli," explains Skaggs, "but Bill Monroe..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Waterloo Park, Thursday 15

"..."Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud Music," or the Stanley Brothers' "Another Night" goes back not only to the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Exit Interview: So Long, Jeff Pinkus

BH Surfers/Honky/Melvins bassist off to Asheville, banjo on his knee

"...[of the Bad Livers]. Danny wanted to do it Stanley Brothers style, with me on banjo and Danny on..."

May 1, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Interview: Dawg Yawp

Where sitar meets American folk song

"...extra emotional heft to the duo’s take on the Stanley Brothers’ “East Virginia Blues.” And, after multiple stops in..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...Stanley Brothers 2007..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Review: Marlon Williams

A country/bluegrass killer howling from Down Under

"...band rejoined him for a bluegrass breakdown of the Stanley Brothers’ “Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine.” Williams finally broke..."

Oct. 10, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Weary Boys

"...2001 and 2004. Eight songs, none original, from the Stanley Brothers, Hank Williams, Leadbelly, and their friend Traditional. It's..."

April 18, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Day Party: Sub Pop Licensing Show

North Door hosts bluegrass, punk, Kelley Deal, and more

"...renditions of old standards from the Carter Family and Stanley Brothers with a prowess that stopped crowd banter dead..."

March 12, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

10 Minutes with Robert Earl Keen

‘Jesus, can we stop with the songwriting for just a second?’

"...I’m straining to sound like Bill Monroe or the Stanley Brothers. I want the songs to sound good...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Still Weary

Weary Boys reunite, Red River vies for cultural district designation, and MusicMania to close

"...The Early Years that includes traditionals, Hank Williams and Stanley Brothers covers, and recordings from their performance at Louisiana's..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...sound as authentic as the Carter Family or the Stanley Brothers, only with contemporary subject matter for women in..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Band of the Month: The Moonhangers

The Moonhangers give outlaw country a good name

"...& Sr., Willie, Jerry Reed, Rolling Stones, Bob Wills, Stanley Brothers, James Burton, Ralph Mooney, Gary Stewart. Those are..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Music Books

"...achievements of Snob figureheads from Steve Albini to the Stanley Brothers. An invaluable resource for the next time that..."

May 27, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Weary Boys

Texas platters

"...with songs from Hank Williams, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Townes Van Zandt (an inspired take of "Two..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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