On this West Virginia Morning, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival in Pineville, Kentucky has staged a formal dance for nearly a century that has remained the same for generations. Folkways Reporter Will Warren takes us for a visit.
Listen: John Pizzarelli Trio with the Mountain Stage Song of the Week
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Renowned jazz singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli brings his trio to Mountain Stage in this week’s encore episode.
Our Song of the Week is a playful number called “Save the Bones for Henry Jones,” with Mike Karn on bass, Konrad Paszkuozki on piano, and John Pizzarelli on guitar and vocals.
The song appears on Pizzarelli’s latest, “For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole.” Hear the Trio’s entire performance, plus sets from Catherine Russell, Kate Vargas, The Bob Thompson Unit and Devotchka (below), on this week’s episode of Mountain Stage.
On this week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, you'll hear performances from Bettye LaVette, Kim Richey, Keller Williams, The Langan Band, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family. This episode was recorded live at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, Ohio.
This week the U.S. Department of Education is launching a multimillion-dollar program to help boost the completion of FAFSA nationwide. We’ll also learn more about the state’s largest methamphetamine seizure in history. And we’ll hear about a rupture in the Mountain Valley Pipeline during a pressure test.
On this West Virginia Morning, Curtis Tate tells us about problems with the Mountain Valley Pipeline as it nears completion, Emily Rice discusses children’s mental health with state expert and Mountain Stage brings us the Song of the Week with Watchhouse performing “The Wolves.”
On this week's broadcast of Mountain Stage, we revisit an episode from 2019 featuring Gregory Alan Isakov, Elysian Fields, Mandolin Orange, The Brother Brothers and Hush Kids. Recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center with host Larry Groce.