This week, for 15 years, a Virginia library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game night for teens. It can get a little wacky. Also, we remember renowned Tennessee luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry. And, a Hare Krishna community in West Virginia serves vegetarian food made in three sacred kitchens.
You know that ol’ Wendy’s slogan, “Eat Great, Even Late?” Well the same holds true for “Mountain Stage After Midnight,” a delicious public radio program that feeds music lovers into the wee hours of morning. Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Radio, “Mountain Stage After Midnight” takes the best episodes from the show’s 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners. Each week we’ll hand-pick two of our favorite episodes that’ll alternate order each night.
Tune in this Saturday January 17 and Sunday January 18 for rock, pop, folk and everything in-between on “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
First up is an October 2008 show featuring psychedelic folk-popper Sonya Kitchell, Welsh crooner Judith Owen, Connecticut rock band The Alternate Routes, captivating singer-songwriter Joe Pug, folk singer Matthew Ryan and Nashville-based alt-pop songwriter Katie Herzig.
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Dr. Dog on Mountain Stage in 2009.
You’ll also a a February 2009 show that includes oddball rockers Dr. Dog, American jam band Derek Trucks Band, Australian pop singer Lenka, blues duo Scrapomatic and Huntington, West Virginia-based songwriter Jeff Ellis.
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This week, for 15 years, a Virginia library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game night for teens. It can get a little wacky. Also, we remember renowned Tennessee luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry. And, a Hare Krishna community in West Virginia serves vegetarian food made in three sacred kitchens.
Secretary of State Kris Warner is seeking the public's help to solve the mystery of the two wooden barrels featured at the foot of the miner on the West Virginia State Seal.
This week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded in Franklin, Tennessee during the first of two shows at The Franklin Theatre. Host Kathy Mattea welcomed Madi Diaz, Judith Owen, The Dead Tongues, Swamp Dogg, and Tim Heidecker.
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