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Harpers Ferry is a historic West Virginia city and international tourist hub. But four years ago the national park and surrounding town were devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale are the singers, songwriters and guitarists that comprise the modern folk duo The Milk Carton Kids. Hear their 2019 performance on “Mountain Stage” starting this Friday.”Mourning In America,” a song they co-wrote with Bhi Bhiman, appears on the band’s Joe Henry-produced album All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do, released in 2018.
You can hear The Milk Carton Kids’ entire set, plus performances by Steve Poltz, Vera Sola, Griffin House and Twisted Pine, on this week’s new episode of Mountain Stage.
Listen this week on one of these Mountain Stage affiliates, and mark your calendar for our special online event “There’s a Stream” this Sunday, June 28 at 7p.m. ET.
This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA. On this episode, host Kathy Mattea welcomes GRAMMY-winning Australian rock star Colin Hay, Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, legendary folk and country artist Ramblin' Jack Elliott, San Francisco rocker Chuck Prophet and his band The Make Out Quartet, and folk duo The Lucky Valentines.
This week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia on the campus of West Virginia University with our friends at WVU Arts & Entertainment. Guest host David Mayfield welcomes modern string band The Steel Wheels, Cincinatti based ensemble Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle, Grammy-nominated Leslie Mendelson, the perfect harmonies of Upstate, and Ivory Coast-born musician Peter One.
On this week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, we hear the second part of our 40th anniversary celebration. This episode was recorded on Dec. 10, 2023 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, West Virginia with host Kathy Mattea, James McMurtry, Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainright Roche, John Doyle & Mick McAuley, Tommy Prine, Cheryl Wheeler & Kenny White, and a special appearance from West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman.
On this week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, we hear the first part of our 40th anniversary celebration. This episode was recorded on Dec. 3, 2023 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV with host Kathy Mattea, Joan Osborne, Nellie McKay, Jake Kohn, Todd Burge and WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman.