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Announcement : Charlie Sizemore at Ralph Stanley Music Center December 5th BMNN wrote: on Nov.

The Los Angeles duo Eastmountainsouth create a country-folk blend that's characteristic of the bandmates' Southern upbringings.

Members of the board are appointed by the president. Conn's video, "Obama Girl's New Crush ??!!," which boasts more than 112,000 hits since its Sept.

Ralph Stanley shares his ups and downs in his new autobiography. AFTER MORE THAN 60 YEARS AS a musician, bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley is pretty confident that hea s in the right profession.

New Release : 'Now I Know' Becomes Latest Single for Artist Randall Franks BMNN wrote: on Oct.

Bluegrass royalty Dr. Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys team up with the hottest new band in bluegrass, Cherryholmes, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

MELISSA BLOCK, host: American bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley has devoted his life to his music, singing and playing the banjo.

Art Brut: "Why is everyone trying to sound like U2? That's not a very cool thing to do" Art Brut "Slap Dash for No Cash." That song title, spelling be hanged, neatly sums up the music that Art Brut loves, much of it tossed off in the punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. The British five-piece's new album, the Frank Black-produced "Art ...

Patty Loveless has enjoyed great success in country music, but always held a love for the mountain music she grew up singing in her native Kentucky.

The Tiny Desk Concert series almost always brings out the lighter side of both the artists who perform and the staff of NPR Music.

Ralph Stanley will be a guest today on the Diane Rehm Show , broadcast on WAMU 88.5 FM in the Washington, DC metro market.

Ralph Stanley sticks to his roots. That's where he's most comfortable. Ralph Stanley is a musical legend who knows exactly the kind of music he likes and exactly the kind of memoir he wanted to write .

Old-time music, anyone? Ralph Stanley , 82, prefers that term to bluegrass. Whatever you choose to call it, Stanley's trademark sound is sure to be intact when he brings his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, to Birmingham on Dec.

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has written his memoirs that include stories about performers Bill Monroe, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Porter Wagoner, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

Steve Martin's Tuesday night concert at Carnegie Hall was billed as "An Evening of Banjo and Bluegrass." But he couldn't resist adding some comedy to the mix, sprinkling some novelty songs into his set list, and frequently giving his between-song patter a dry, absurdist twist.

News : Uncle Pen's Fiddle Makes Appearance at Jerusalem Ridge Bob_Cherry wrote: on Oct.

Audiences can expect an electrifying performance as fourteen-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs takes the stage on October 10th at the RiverPark Center in Owensboro with Kentucky Thunder, eight-time winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association 's 'Instrumental Group of the Year' award.

The ninth annual free music festival, financed by billionaire investment banker and amateur banjoist Warren Hellman, continues today and Sunday with more than 80 acts performing across six stages at Speedway, Lindley and Marx meadows.

"The Bride of Frankenstein" runs Oct. 2 - 17, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. at Stage Werx, 533 Sutter St., San Francisco.

This is NOT from the Onion or a Republican media creation. My question is: What in the name of God would convince Ralph Stanley to bastardize his own world-famous signature song like this and further perpetuate big media's image of Appalachian ignorance? Is he that desperate for money or has senility set-in and his fellow Democrats are simply ...