West Virginia is the third most forested state in the country. The fall foliage projection map, a collaboration between the West Virginia Department of Tourism and the Division of Forestry, promotes the best places in West Virginia to see changing fall colors.
Singer-songwriter Kevin Moore first visited Mountain Stage nearly 20 years ago, around the same time he adopted the stage name of “Keb’ Mo.'” In the time since Keb’ Mo’ has become one of America’s most respected and beloved blues artists. Here he performs “The Worst is Yet to Come” from his acclaimed studio album Blues Americana, recorded live in 2014 on the campus of West Virginia University, in Morgantown.
"The Worst is Yet to Come" is the Mountain Stage Song of the Week
This week on the radio we revisit an episode from 2014 featuring a full set from Keb’Mo’, pop songstress and bluesy soul singer Joan Osborne, New Orleans Jazz heroes Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans swamp rocker Tommy Malone. We hope you’ll tune in.
1 of 4 — Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne makes her sixth appearance on Mountain Stage in 2014.
Josh Saul
2 of 4 — Tommy Malone
Tommy Malone on Mountain Stage
Josh Saul
3 of 4 — The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band brings a dose of New Orleans to every room they play.
Josh Saul
4 of 4 — Finale Song
Josh Saul
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One of the world’s rarest plants, the Peters Mountain Mallow, lives on only one mountainside, in the New River Valley along the West Virginia line. Last year, scientists counted just five plants still alive – and the recent drought means protecting it from extinction is getting tougher.
Traffic officials are taking a close look at what can be done to make a stretch of interstate overpass safer, after several vehicles jumped the overpass and wrecked in separate incidents.
West Virginia is the third most forested state in the country. The fall foliage projection map, a collaboration between the West Virginia Department of Tourism and the Division of Forestry, promotes the best places in West Virginia to see changing fall colors.