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LISTEN: Alisa Amador Has Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week

A young woman with long brown hair sings on a microphone and plays the guitar.
Alisa Amador performs on Mountain Stage in Charleston, W.Va.
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This week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage features the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest Winner, Alisa Amador. As a bilingual singer and songwriter, Amador commands the audience 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.

We also hear performances from premier Americana roots band Donna the Buffalo, North Carolina singer-songwriter David Childers & The Serpents, folk-country artist Jon Byrd, and multi-generational, bi-coastal duo, David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach.

Our Song of the Week, “Slow Down,” is the second track on Alisa Amador’s EP, Narratives. “This song is for anyone who’s feeling stressed,” Amador explains, speaking about those days and moments when you wish you could just slow down time.

This episode begins Friday, September 29 on these public radio stations.

If you are listening overseas or on a smart device, the Mountain Stage podcast is a great way to listen to new and old episodes. This episode will become available on October 10th.