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On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Paul Thorn, Raul Midón, Eden Brent, Wood Box Heroes, and Jett Holden to the stage. This episode was recorded at the historic Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center in Clarksburg, WV.
Our Song of the Week is “Life Is Just A Vapor” by Paul Thorn. This is the title track on Life is Just a Vapor, which was released earlier this year via Thirty Tigers.
Thorn is a Mississippi native who started off as a professional boxer, turning to songwriting in the 1990s. He has been a guest on Mountain Stage over ten times and continues to win us all over with his poignant and often hilarious songs and storytelling.
Tune in to one of our affiliate stations starting Friday, June 13 to hear the full episode with live performances by Paul Thorn, New Mexico-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Raul Midón, queen of Mississippi blues Eden Brent, bluegrass supergroup Wood Box Heroes, and rising country artist Jett Holden.
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On this week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Jeff Tweedy, The War and Treaty, Johnnyswim, and Olivia Ellen Lloyd. Recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn 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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOur spring broadcast season continues with another fresh episode airing this Friday, May 23, featuring Medium Build, Susan Werner, The Arcadian Wild, Maya de Vitry, and Them Coulee Boys. This episode of Mountain Stage was recorded in Charleston, WV at the Culture Center Theater.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on Inside Appalachia, the setting for a new novel is a communal society founded by freed people in North Carolina. It was a real place called The Kingdom of the Happy Land. Also, when a West Virginia pastor got assigned to a new church, some folks tried to warn him. And, the online world of Appalachian memes — and what they tell us about folks who live here.
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