A local history preservation group is working to rehabilitate the battered First Zion Baptist Church, a historic Black church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Listen: Los Lobos Have Our Song Of The Week, Recorded In 2002
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This week’s Mountain Stage is another Archive Special to round out our summer programming. We’ll hear performances from seminal East Los Angeles rockers Los Lobos, performing songwriters Kevin Welch, Neil Halsted, and Stacey Earle with Mark Stuart, and blues guitarist and vocalist Joanna Connor and her band.
Los Lobos, "Luz De Mi Vida" live on Mountain Stage
Recorded on Mountain Stage in July 2002.
“Luz De Mi Vida,” or “Light of My Life,” appears on the band’s popular album, released in 2002, Good Morning Aztlan. The band has a new album out now, called Native Sons.
1 of 5 — Joanna Connor-2002
Blues guitarist and singer Joanna Connor performing on Mountain Stage in 2002
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2 of 5 — Los Lobos – 2002
East LA based rock group Los Lobos appearing on Mountain Stage in 2002.
A local history preservation group is working to rehabilitate the battered First Zion Baptist Church, a historic Black church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from Del. Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party, on the efforts to rebuild the party and restore Democrats to state offices ahead of this primary election. Also, we hear about preservation efforts for a historic Black church in Harpers Ferry.
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