This week, some of the stories on our show inspired college student art — including a vivid image of a bear smashing a clarinet. Also, a Hare Krishna community in West Virginia serves vegetarian food made in three sacred kitchens. And, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. One author says, these folks are anything but passive.
LISTEN: Larkin Poe Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Larkin Poe perform on Mountain Stage.Piper Cole/ WVU Arts & Entertainment
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Listen this week for a premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage featuring Larkin Poe, Victoria Canal, Raye Zaragoza, Ron Pope, and Christian Lopez. This episode was recorded with our host Kathy Mattea on the campus of West Virginia University thanks to our friends at WVU Arts & Entertainment.
Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell first appeared on Mountain Stage as members of the Lovell Sisters, before returning in 2015 as Larkin Poe. In their return appearance the sisters and their dynamic band bring songs from their new albumBloom, including our Song of the Week, “Mockingbird.” Larkin Poe are currently on tour through the United States with international dates scheduled this Fall.
Tune in starting Friday, April 4 to hear their full set, plus more live performances by Spanish-American alt-pop artist Victoria Canal, pop folk singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza, Americana artist Ron Pope, and powerful singer and guitarist orginally from Martinsburg, West Virginia, Christian Lopez.
Our program, Inside Appalachia, in December was tagged in an Instagram post by WVU Professor of Art Joseph Lupo. The post showcased four-color reductive relief prints made by WVU students — each one inspired by a story or episode they heard on the show.
On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, you’ll hear live performances by Al Stewart, Livingston Taylor, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Nighthawks, and Cristina Vane with host Kathy Mattea. We recorded episode 1,054 on the campus of George Mason University at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA.
Our Song of the Week comes from the charming, topical folk singer-songwriter, Loudon Wainwright III, who has made over 17 appearances on Mountain Stage across every decade that the show has existed since 1983. His performance of “Middle of the Night” is our Song of the Week.