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LISTEN: Darrell Scott Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Darrell Scott performs with Kathy Mattea on Mountain Stage.Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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On this week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Dan Tyminski, Darrell Scott, I Draw Slow, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and Jacob Jolliff Band. This episode was recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV.
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Darrell Scott returned to Mountain Stage and performed a special rendition of Paul Simon’s “American Tune,” which is our Song of the Week.
Tune in to a station near you starting Friday, May 30 to hear more from Darrell Scott, plus performances by bluegrass singer-songwriter and Avicii collaborator Dan Tyminski, Dublin-based Irish-Appalachian group I Draw Slow, acoustic folk duo Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and The Jacob Jolliff Band featuring a virtuosic group of pickers with former Joy Kills Sorrow/Yonder Mountain String Band mandolinist Jacob Jolliff.
This week’s special archive episode of Mountain Stage with host Kathy Mattea features performances from Bahamas, Sam Weber, Lilly Hiatt, Kishi Bashi, and Curtis McMurtry.
Join us this week for an encore broadcast as host Kathy Mattea welcomes Rodney Crowell, Colin Hay, Amy Speace, Nobody’s Girl, and Jordan Tice. Tune in starting Friday, Aug. 15 on these NPR stations.
Our Song of the Week is “Planetarium” by Blitzen Trapper. The band stopped by Mountain Stage in November of last year for their third appearance, promoting their album 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billion.