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Ballads, Lullabies And Indie-Pop On This West Virginia Morning

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On this West Virginia Morning, Elizabeth LaPrelle grew up performing music with her family in southwestern Virginia. She left Appalachia and spent several years in Baltimore and New York City. Inside Appalachia co-host Mason Adams asked LaPrelle to talk about her decision to return home.

Also, in this show, indie-pop duo The Weepies, has our Mountain Stage Song of the Week. We listen to their performance of “Please Speak Well of Me.”

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.

Support for our news bureaus comes from West Virginia University, Concord University, and Shepherd University.

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with support from Charleston Area Medical Center and Marshall Health.

West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Curtis Tate, David Adkins, Dave Mistich, Eric Douglas, Glynis Board, Jessica Lilly, June Leffler, Liz McCormick, Roxy Todd and Shepherd Snyder.

Andrea Billups is our news director. Eric Douglas is our producer.

Teresa Wills and Chuck Anziulewicz are our hosts.

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