We have a conversation with Marshall University's Turning Point USA chapter president. We also learn about a recently released horror film shot near Huntington, and the population decline in central Appalachia that may be getting worse.
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This week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage was recorded in Clarksburg, West Virginia at the beautifully renovated Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center. Host Kathy Mattea welcomes fiddle man Jason Carter, who joined us with his all-star band of friends.
Our Song of the Week is Carter’s performance of “Queen of the Nashville Night” off his 2022 album Lowdown Hoedown. For three decades the Ashland, Kentucky native has been a member of the Del McCoury Band and is a founding member of the Travelin’ McCourys.
We have a conversation with Marshall University's Turning Point USA chapter president. We also learn about a recently released horror film shot near Huntington, and the population decline in central Appalachia that may be getting worse.
This week, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. Also, folk singer Ginny Hawker grew up singing the hymns of the Primitive Baptist Church, but she didn’t think of performing until she got a little boost from Appalachian icon Hazel Dickens. And, the chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia.
Halloween may be over, but mountain state spookiness continues on with a new film called “Self-Help.” Shot in locations near Huntington, the horror movie follows a college student who infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its leader.