The country music world was rocked this week as news broke that Mark Laws, a popular drummer and band leader for singer Alex Miller, was killed in a shooting in Tennessee. His tragic death marked at ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo ... Thomas Nicholas Marudas, Baltimore harbor urban planner, dies Iris Reeves, former Baltimore City councilmember, dies Donald Warren Richardson ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo,” who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Roni Stoneman, a virtuoso banjo player, mainstay of the country music television show “Hee Haw” and one of the last surviving members of the Stoneman Family, a renowned ...

By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren reports on country music from Nashville for The New York Times Roni Stoneman, a virtuoso banjo player, mainstay of the country music television variety ...

No cause of death was released, Variety reported. Roni Stoneman was born Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, according to Billboard. She was known as “The First Lady of Banjo,” according to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – Roni Stoneman, a country music legend known as “The First Lady of the Banjo,” has died at the age of 85. Stoneman is also known for her role on the TV ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – Roni Stoneman, a country music legend known as “The First Lady of the Banjo,” has died at the age of 85. Stoneman is also known for her role on the TV series “Hee ...