This week, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, changes to the Endangered Species Act could benefit big business. They could also kill animals like the eastern hellbender. And, in troubled times, a West Virginia writer says to find peace in nature.
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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Gov. Patrick Morrisey endorsed more than 40 legislative candidates in Tuesday’s primary election after saying he was unsatisfied with mediocrity and didn't want to keep doing things the way they’ve always been done.
Among the tens of thousands of votes cast in more than 1,600 voting precincts manned by 8,000 trained poll workers in all 55 counties across West Virginia this week, there were only a handful of glitches that the Secretary of State says were handled quickly.