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Mountain Stage After Midnight: Grace Potter, Great Big Sea & Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Another week, another weekend of live performance radio courtesy of #MSAM.
Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Mountain Stage After Midnight takes the best episodes from the show’s 32 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Tune in this Saturday July 18 and Sunday July 19 for some great tunes on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
We’ll hear an April 2006 show recorded on the campus of West Virginia University featuring Great Big Sea, Bob Schneider Band, Shawn Mullins, Trevor Hall and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
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John Paul White, member of folk duo The Civil Wars, appeared solo on the Mountain Stage in 2007.
And a special August 2007 from Smokey’s on the Gorge in Lansing, West Virginia. This one features Les Yeux Noirs, John Paul White, King Wilkie, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer.
Still craving more #MountainStage? Tell us what you want to hear on the next #MSAM on social media (you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram). Take us on your summer travels with our 24/7 Mountain Stage stream and iTunes podcast. Sign-up for our monthly email newsletter for the latest show announcements and come see what live performance radio looks like at one of our live shows. And if Mountain Stage isn’t available wherever you are, contact your public radio station and let’em know what they’re missing out on!
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