Ralph Stanley has been played on NTS in shows including Tom Furse, featured first on 17 April 2015. Songs played include Clinch Mountain Backstep, Oh Death and John The Revelator.

Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016), also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley, was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. Stanley began playing music in 1946, originally with his brother Carter as part of "The Stanley Brothers", and most often as the leader of his band, "Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys". He was part of the first generation of bluegrass musicians and was…