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LISTEN: Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle perform on Mountain Stage in Morgantown, West Virginia.Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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This week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia at the Canady Creative Arts Center on the campus of West Virginia University (WVU) with our friends at WVU Arts & Entertainment. Guest host David Mayfield welcomes modern string band The Steel Wheels, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson, Cincinatti-based roots-ensemble Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle, the intricate harmonies of Upstate, and Ivory Coast-born musician Peter One.
Our Song of the Week is “Jim Devlin,” from the acoustic toe-tapping group Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle. The song is about Louisville Grays pitcher Jim Devlin, who was an accomplished hitter and pitcher in the late 1800s, and the first pitcher to use the drop ball or “sinker” in baseball.
Join us for the entire encore episode of Mountain Stage starting Friday, Dec. 20 on these NPR Music stations and be sure to visit our podcast section if you missed part of the show or want to hear something again.
Our premiere fall broadcast season of Mountain Stage continues this week when host Kathy Mattea welcomes Tony Trischka’s EarlJam featuring Michael Daves, Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle, Jack Barksdale, and Sarah Borges.
Mountain Stage is changing locations for its final two live events of 2026. The Sunday, Nov. 15 show will now take place at the Charleston Theater at the Convention Center, and the Sunday, Dec. 6 show will be held at the Capitol Theater in Downtown Charleston.
This week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage brings you live performances from the Mountain State of West Virginia. Host Kathy Mattea welcomes The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Inara George, The Mammals, Red Camel Collective, and Heather Maloney.
On this week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes The Jayhawks, Tift Merritt, Tanasi, and Candi Jenkins to the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV.