On this West Virginia Morning, Asheville, North Carolina is home to an eclectic dining scene with hidden gems like Neng Jr.’s, which serves up elevated Filipino cuisine. Tucked away in an alley, it’s a slice of home no matter where you’re from. Folkways Reporter Margaret McLeod Leef has more.
Listen: Ani DiFranco Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week From The Best Of 2021-Part Two
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This week’s episode looks back on more of our favorite performances from 2021, including sets from Ani DiFranco, Ruthie Foster, Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius, Curtis McMurtry, and Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neil.
For our Song of the Week, we’ve chosen Ani Difranco’s engaging performance of her song “Simultaneously,” which appears on her recent Righteous Babe release Revolutionary Love, recorded at The Clay Center here in our hometown of Charleston, W.Va.
Ani DiFranco- "Simultaneously" live on Mountain Stage
1 of 5 — Ruthie Foster performing on Mountain Stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Ruthie Foster performs during a live taping of the NPR program ‘Mountain Stage’ at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 24, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for NPR)
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3 of 5 — Susan O'Neill
Susan O’Neill performs along with Mick Flannery on this week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage, starting October 22.
On this West Virginia Week, Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for the state’s educational system. We’ll also learn more about a group of organizations asking the state Supreme Court to side with Cabell County and Huntington in their lawsuit against opioid distributors. And we’ll hear about a South Charleston landfill listed as a Superfund site.
Huntington Mayor Steve Williams has launched a petition calling for Gov. Jim Justice to include discussion of an abortion ballot measure during the special session in May.
As the state embarks on a massive, federally-funded broadband project, a Morgantown internet service provider is facing federal broadband fund theft charges.