History Of Country Music, COVID Cases Rising And Our Song Of The Week On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, country music, as we know it today, burst onto the scene with some early recording sessions in Bristol, Tennessee. We learn more about this often untold chapter in country music history.

Also, in this show, new COVID-19 cases in the state have doubled in the past two weeks, but health officials are not sounding an alarm, and jazzy singer and songwriter Kat Edmonson has our Mountain Stage Song of the Week.

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