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Ralph Stanley, 1927-2016

Tony Russell, The Guardian, 26 June 2016

FOLLOWING THE DEATH of Bill Monroe in 1996, Ralph Stanley became the leading name in bluegrass, embodying in both his music and his bearing the values of this most traditional form of country music.

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