WVPB's Matt Jackfert speaks with harper, composer and producer Maeve Gilchrist. They discuss her compositions, the Silk Road Ensemble and the group's upcoming performance.
Jesse Winchester – "That's What Makes You Strong" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Jesse Winchester – "Just Like New" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Jesse Winchester – "Lonely For a While" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Jesse Winchester – "Songbird" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Jesse Winchester – "Little Glass of Wine" – Live from Mountain Stage
Jesse Winchester was an unforgettable personality and his songs were instantly identifiable. He visited Mountain Stage ten times from 1986 through 2013. His talent, charm, and gentle charisma became more potent with each visit.
The recent tribute album, Quiet About It, put together by Mac McAnally, with Winchester covers from Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint and seven more of the best singer songwriters you can name is a hint of the respect he has earned among peers and admirers.
In 2001, Blue Plate Records released Jesse Winchester Live from Mountain Stage which included thirteen beautiful songs. The notes for that collection said “Jesse Winchester’s songs have an old fashioned air to them; a genteel atmosphere that comes out of the benevolent side of the Old South. His lyrics are subtle, almost antique at times, and his themes are often classically bittersweet – lost love, desire and guilt, the entire spectrum of feelings that that come ‘As soon as you learn that you don’t live forever,’ as he says in ‘Little Glass of Wine’.”
Jesse seemed fragile during his last visit, but his recent illness explained that, and we never thought it would be the last time we’d see him. As always, he captivated both young and old in the audience and even sang two songs he identified as new. One of them, “I Never Forget to Boogie” was an instant classic in our world, and a fitting goodbye from a man who always seemed to remember what was important in this life. -Larry Groce, April 2014
Amy Ray returns to Mountain Stage on this week’s encore broadcast, along with her band, New York trio The Lone Bellow, progressive banjo player Alison Brown, slide guitar master and banjo champion Tony Furtado, and Nova Scotia folk group Villages. This episode was recorded at the People's Bank Theatre in Marietta, Ohio with guest host Larry Groce.
One West Virginia Morning we get an update on the two West Virginia State Troopers injured in a shooting last month and learn about the origins of the folklife books known as Foxfire.
Bob Thompson's annual holiday jazz celebration is back! The event is at the West Virginia Culture Center Theater Thursday, Dec. 14, and Friday, Dec. 15.
This week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage features the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest Winner, Alisa Amador. As a bilingual sing-songwriter, Amador commands audiences with her soulful voice and mixture of rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk that is sweetly wrapped with the Latin music she grew up with.