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LISTEN: Loudon Wainwright III Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Loudon Wainwright III performs on Mountain Stage at the Berklee Performance Center.Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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This week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded in Boston, Massachusetts when we were invited by the Celebrity Series of Boston to the Berklee Performance Center, with thanks to our affiliate WUMB.
The show features some of America’s preeminent and sought after writers; Rosanne Cash and her band perform a special extended set, and we hear from the legendary Loudon Wainwright III.
We also hear from a singer, songwriter and guitarist who made her name in the Boston area — Ali McGuirk, whose new album is called Til It’s Gone. The show opens with modern bluegrass greats Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, who won the 2023 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album of the Year.
Our Song of the Week is a timely one as we are fully entrenched in the holiday season. “Suddenly It’s Christmas,” written and performed by Loudon Wainwright III, originally appeared on his 1993 live album, Career Moves. Though the song is approaching 30 years old, the sentiment could be seen as more relevant now than ever.
Loudon Wainwright IIIFinale Song with Kathy Mattea & Larry GroceRosanne CashMolly Tuttle & Golden HighwayAli McGuirk by Robert Torres/Celebrity Series of BostonHost Kathy Mattea
This week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage features the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest Winner, Alisa Amador. As a bilingual sing-songwriter, Amador commands audiences with her soulful voice and mixture of rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk that is sweetly wrapped with the Latin music she grew up with.
On this week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, we welcome southern rock royalty, the Drive-By Truckers back to the Mountain Stage for their fifth appearance. Guest host Larry Groce also welcomes West Virginia country rocker and songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin, singer songwriter Eilen Jewell, Afrofuturist folk artist Jake Blount with percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, and contemporary folk musician Tomberlin.
Amy Ray returns to Mountain Stage on this week’s premier broadcast with her band, along with The Lone Bellow, Alison Brown, Tony Furtado, and Villages. This episode was recorded at the People's Bank Theatre in Marietta, Ohio with guest host Larry Groce.
The new fall season of Mountain Stage begins this Friday with the premiere broadcast of episode 1,013. Guest host Larry Groce welcomes Wilco back to the show for their fourth appearance, along with blues guitarist Guy Davis, singer-songwriter Peter Case, and Grammy Nominated songwriter and producer Garrison Starr to perform at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, OH.