This week, historian Mills Kelly’s love affair with the Appalachian Trail started when he was a boy scout. Also, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. And, Cuz’s Uptown Barbeque in southwestern Virginia fuses Asian ideas with Appalachian comfort food.
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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On this West Virginia Week, an opioid settlement reaches a milestone, gas prices shock Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito, R-W.Va., and we have more information on the recent chemical spill near Nitro.
This week, historian Mills Kelly’s love affair with the Appalachian Trail started when he was a boy scout. Also, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. And, Cuz’s Uptown Barbeque in southwestern Virginia fuses Asian ideas with Appalachian comfort food.
Over $50 million is scheduled to be paid to West Virginia on an accelerated, 9-year timeline due to the disproportionate impact the opioid crisis has had on the state.