On this West Virginia Morning, Sue and Stan Jennings for 30 years have run Allegheny Treenware, a company that makes wooden kitchen utensils. But they started off as a couple of coal miners. Folkways Reporter Capri Cafaro has more.
After last week’s crazy winter blast, we need something to warm our spirits (and fingers… and feet… and snow-covered cars). Let Buckwheat Zydeco, JD McPherson and Pokey LaFarge bring a little glow to your radio on this week’s “Mountain Stage After Midnight.” Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “Mountain Stage After Midnight” takes the best episodes from the show’s 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Tune in Saturday February 28 and Sunday February 29 for”Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
First up is March 2006 show featuring Grammy Award-winning songwriter Jesse Harris, English pop rock group Magic Numbers, Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats, Danish crooner Tina Dico and popular bayou-funk act Buckwheat Zydeco (who’s returning to the Mountain Stage in Charleston on March 8) .
We’ll also hear a 2012 show featuring Kentucky bluegrass singer-songwriter Larry Cordle, country music legend Connie Smith, vintage rocker JD McPherson (who will play cuts from his new record on the next Mountain Stage), American roots crooner Pokey LaFarge & South City Three and “The First Lady of Rockabilly” Wanda Jackson.
On this West Virginia Morning, Sue and Stan Jennings for 30 years have run Allegheny Treenware, a company that makes wooden kitchen utensils. But they started off as a couple of coal miners. Folkways Reporter Capri Cafaro has more.
On this West Virginia Morning, violets bloom across Appalachia throughout spring, but the flowers are more than just some extra color in the yard. They’ve long been a key ingredient in herbal remedies.
On this West Virginia Morning, the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, which caused the deaths of 29 miners, happened 14 years ago. Ashton Marra worked for WVPB at the time and covered the trial of Don Blankenship, CEO of the company that owned the mine. Briana Heaney sat down with Marra to talk about what it was like being a reporter covering the trial.
On this West Virginia Morning, after a new owner took over a Mercer County mobile home park, rents quickly went up while repairs slowed. One resident did some digging and found a reporter in California who had some unexpected answers about who this new owner was. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with reporter Julie Reynolds.