The singing voice of Ralph Stanley, who recently celebrated his 74th birthday, is frequently described as “harrowing,” “raw” and “primitive,” bearing witness to more than 50 years of use. One of the ...
“I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” or simply “Man of Constant Sorrow,” had a long life before the Stanley Brothers popularized the song in the 1950s. The tune was penned by a partially blind fiddle ...