On this West Virginia Morning, an experimental apple orchard in the state is helping to fight pollution, improve food scarcity and some hope even heal veterans. Briana Heaney has the story.
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This week’s episode of Mountain Stage features odd, unusual and hilarious takes on familiar subjects.
‘Funny You Should Sing That’ is a special compilation episode featuring performances by Randy Newman, Todd Snider, Julia Sweeney, Jeff Daniels, The Roches, Jill Sobule, and many more as they tackle the topics of love, sex, religion, politics, general absurdity, and possibly the most sordid of all… a career in the music business.
Our Song of the Week is “My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died” by The Sweetback Sisters. This cover of Roger Miller’s novelty song was released on their 2009 album, Chicken Ain’t Chicken.
We’ll also hear songs from Randy Newman (“Political Science”), Todd Snider (“America’s Favorite Pastime”), Kate Vargas (“7 Inches”), and many more.
On this West Virginia Morning, an experimental apple orchard in the state is helping to fight pollution, improve food scarcity and some hope even heal veterans. Briana Heaney has the story.
This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage is a special episode featuring songs that represent the four seasons of the year. You'll hear live performances by Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, Susan Werner, Molly Tuttle, Taj Mahal, Norah Jones and many more.
Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care. However, a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a national crisis. While official foster care cases are carefully tracked, many informal examples of kinship care aren’t part of the data. For this Us & Them episode, we hear the experiences of those who’ve been part of the foster care system.
Stock car racing’s roots run deep in Appalachia. Our twisty roads and dark hollers were home to moonshiners — and moonshine runners, who became known for their driving skills. And they became some of NASCAR’s first stars when it formed in 1948. But NASCAR’s oldest continuous racing team had nothing to do with moonshine.