This week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage features one of Americana music’s most heralded and admired writers, James McMurtry. He performs songs from his latest album, The Horses and the Hounds, on New West Records. We also get a set of enchanting new music from Aoife O’Donovan, a high-energy performance from the effervescent Sammy Rae & The Friends, plus Nashville based hit writer Natalie Hemby, and songwriter Heather Maloney.
Charles Wesley Godwin can be heard on this week's new episode of Mountain Stage with guest-host Kathy MatteaBrian Blauser/ Mountain Stage
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Morgantown, West Virginia native Charles Wesley Godwin’s song “Coal Country” reminds us that the commodity’s impact reaches far beyond Appalachia, broadening the definition of what many think of as “Coal Country.”
"Put a roof over my head and the armor on the tanks of Normandy"
Guest-host Kathy Mattea said “He sings about the hard working, close knit communities, and a deep sense of place, and of belonging somewhere.”
“Coal Country” appears on Godwin’s new album, “Seneca.” Earlier this year we premiered the Robert Tinnell directed video for “Coal Country,” which you can watch here.
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Performers from this week’s broadcast gather for one more song, including members of The Tim O’Brien Band, The Po Ramblin’ Boys, Charles Wesley Godwin, Alison Brown Band and The Honey Dewdrops.
Hear more from Charles Wesley Godwin, plus sets from Tim O’Brien Band, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, The Alison Brown Band, and The Honey Dewdrops, on this week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage.
This will be the first of three upcoming weeks you’ll hear our special guest host Kathy Mattea. She’s back soon to host shows with The SteelDrivers (SOLD OUT) and on Sunday, March 15 (Tickets).
This week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage features one of Americana music’s most heralded and admired writers, James McMurtry. He performs songs from his latest album, The Horses and the Hounds, on New West Records. We also get a set of enchanting new music from Aoife O’Donovan, a high-energy performance from the effervescent Sammy Rae & The Friends, plus Nashville based hit writer Natalie Hemby, and songwriter Heather Maloney.
Our encore broadcast of episode 992 will start Friday, June 2, 2023. This re-broadcast is from our 2022 fall season, and features Ireland’s We Banjo 3, Southern Avenue, Cordovas, Matt Andersen, and Lilli Lewis.
This week’s episode of Mountain Stage is a compilation of our "Festival Favorites." This special episode features performances by some of our favorite festival acts that have also graced the Mountain Stage. You'll hear songs from Phish, Joan Baez, Widespread Panic, Greensky Bluegrass, and many more.
Starting this Friday, May 19, episode 1,012 of Mountain Stage will be heard on nearly 300 NPR stations nationwide. Our guest-host Larry Groce steps in for this week’s show, with alt-country pioneer Robbie Fulks, award-winning bluegrass band The Gibson Brothers, folk rocker Jaimee Harris, Portland singer-songwriter Anna Tivel, and up-and-coming Kentucky artist Nicholas Jamerson.
