by Mary Eisenhart | Sep 6, 2022
Dr. Ralph Stanley 2000 RALPH J. GLEASON AWARD Dr. Ralph Stanley was one of the most influential artists of all time. Born in 1927 in Big Spraddle, VA, Ralph Stanley was the second child of Lucy Jane and Lee Stanley. In 1946 along with his older brother Carter Stanley...
by Mary Eisenhart | Sep 6, 2022
Pete Seeger 2001 RALPH J. GLEASON AWARD Peter “Pete” Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer,songwriter, and activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the...
by Mary Eisenhart | Sep 6, 2022
Save Our Sounds - The Zuni Tapes 2002 RALPH J. GLEASON AWARD Save Our Sounds is a project of the American Folklife Center, which strives to preserve and digitize some of the most endangered sound recordings in the Center’s collections, thus assuring that the valuable...
by Mary Eisenhart | Sep 6, 2022
Arhoolie Foundation 2003 RALPH J. GLEASON AWARD The Arhoolie Foundation was established in 1995 to document, preserve, present and disseminate authentic traditional and regional vernacular music. By its activities it hopes to help educate and enlighten the public and...
by Mary Eisenhart | Sep 6, 2022
Bill Monroe/Tom Ewing 2004 RALPH J. GLEASON AWARD Musical pioneer Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin, guitar; born September 13, 1911, died September 9, 1996) is known as “the father of bluegrass music.” Tom Ewing edited The Bill Monroe Reader, published by the University...
