ALERT (03/07/2024): Due to a lightning strike, WVPB TV will be off the air in the Bethany/Wheeling area until new parts arrive. Thank you for your patience.
Harpers Ferry is a historic West Virginia city and international tourist hub. But four years ago the national park and surrounding town were devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hiss Golden Messenger appears on this week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage, with songs from their album “Hallelujah Anyhow,” as well as this tune from their 2013 release “Haw.”
M.C. Taylor is the front man and songwriter for North Carolina-based roots rock band Hiss Golden Messenger, whose electrified sound blurs the lines between country, blues and folk music. The band makes their second appearance on this week’s episode of Mountain Stage with Larry Groce.
Hear the entire set from Hiss Golden Messenger, plus performances by Kris Delmhorst, Teddy Thompson, Nicki Bluhm and West Virginia’s own The Parachute Brigade, on this week’s encore episode. Find a station in your area and stay tuned to our NPR Music page to hear the entire show again.
This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA. On this episode, host Kathy Mattea welcomes GRAMMY-winning Australian rock star Colin Hay, Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, legendary folk and country artist Ramblin' Jack Elliott, San Francisco rocker Chuck Prophet and his band The Make Out Quartet, and folk duo The Lucky Valentines.
Winners of the 2023 Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters Awards were announced March 23 at the Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. WVPB brought home five first place awards and seven second place awards in eight different categories.
This week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia on the campus of West Virginia University with our friends at WVU Arts & Entertainment. Guest host David Mayfield welcomes modern string band The Steel Wheels, Cincinatti based ensemble Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle, Grammy-nominated Leslie Mendelson, the perfect harmonies of Upstate, and Ivory Coast-born musician Peter One.
On this week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, we hear the second part of our 40th anniversary celebration. This episode was recorded on Dec. 10, 2023 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, West Virginia with host Kathy Mattea, James McMurtry, Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainright Roche, John Doyle & Mick McAuley, Tommy Prine, Cheryl Wheeler & Kenny White, and a special appearance from West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman.