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Listen: Chuck Prophet Has Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Chuck Prophet (right) performing with bandmate Stephanie Finch. Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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This week’s show features acclaimed vocalist and contemporary jazz musician Lizz Wright, along with Mountain Stage alumni Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, and Glen Phillips. Plus, you’ll hear from New York City’s Bailen, and New Zealand indie rockers The Beths as they make their Mountain Stage debut.
Our Song of the Week is “Willie Mays Is Up At Bat,” which comes from Chuck Prophet’s undeniably catchy 2012 album Temple Beautiful.
This performance also marked Prophet’s tenth appearance on the show. To celebrate this momentous occasion, like all of our “tenth timers,” Prophet was awarded an official Mountain Stage jacket with “Chuck” stitched across the front pocket.
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Executive Producer Adam Harris (left) and Artistic Director Larry Groce (center) giving Chuck Prophet his Mountain Stage jacket.The BethsLizz WrightBailenGlen PhillipsChuck Prophet & The Mission Express
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Our Song of the Week comes from singer-songwriter and guitarist Joy Clark. “Tell It To The Wind” was written in a moment of gratitude while Clark was on tour in Waterford, Mississippi at Foxfire Ranch.
On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, we revisit the first of two 41st anniversary shows, which were recorded at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, West Virginia in December 2024. Guest host and CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton welcomes Stephen Kellogg, Jill Sobule, Mindy Smith, Caleb Caudle & The Sweet Critters, and The David Mayfield Parade.
Our Song of the Week comes from Catskills singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen. On this episode of Mountain Stage, Cohen performs "Summer Sweat," a single from her newest album, Earthstar Mountain, which Rolling Stone called “one of the best indie releases of the year.”
