The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival happens every Memorial Day weekend on the grounds of a scenic state park. It’s a four-day celebration that culminates with an exquisite tradition: the Grand March, a dance that has been taught to Kentucky college students in Pineville since the first festival in 1931.
LISTEN: Kathy Mattea Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
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This week’s archive special of Mountain Stage features performances by Kathy Mattea, Kim Richey, Shovels & Rope, Kathleen Edwards and Bonnie Bishop from an episode recorded in 2013.
Our Song of the Week is by Grammy-winning musician Kathy Mattea, before she became the full-time host of Mountain Stage. “Coal Tattoo” is written by fellow West Virginian Billy Edd Wheeler and appears on her 2008 album Coal. Mattea has said she enjoys playing this song because it allows her band to “stretch out” on their instruments – especially her long-time guitarist and sideman Bill Cooley.
Hear more of Mattea’s performance, plus full sets from acclaimed Nashville singer and songwriter Kim Richey, roots-music husband and wife duo Shovels & Rope, singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards, and Grammy-winning country rocker Bonnie Bishop.
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.
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.
On this week's broadcast of Mountain Stage, we dig into our archives to revisit performances from 2018 by M. Ward, Joachim Cooder, Laura Veirs, The Sea The Sea and Dead Horses.