This week, when an award-winning Asheville chef decided to launch a restaurant, she returned to a rich community tradition. Also, the popularity of weaving waxes and wanes. At the moment, it’s having a renaissance. And, during Lent, Yugoslavian fish stew is a local favorite in Charleston, West Virginia.
Listen: Looking Back To The Year 2001 For Our Song of the Week
Performing Songwriter Eric Taylor, live on Mountain Stage in 2001.Mountain Stage Archive
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This week’s special archive edition of Mountain Stage looks back to 2001 for performances by Nanci Griffith, who we lost in 2021. We’ll also hear from Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Ireland’s Karan Casey, plus songwriter Mark Selby.
We also hear a set from singer, songwriter and guitarist Eric Taylor, who passed in March 2020. At one time married to Griffith, who appeared on the program the same night, Taylor has our Song of the Week, his masterpiece story-song, “Prison Movie.”
Eric Taylor-Prison Movie, live on Mountain Stage
Eric Taylor performing "Prison Movie" on Mountain Stage in 2001.
2 of 5 — Eric Taylor performing on Mountain Stage, 2001
Eric Taylor performing on Mountain Stage, 2001
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3 of 5 — Finale Song from April 1, 2001
Artists gather for the finale song from April 1, 2001
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4 of 5 — Karen Casey on Mountain Stage, 2001
Karen Casey on Mountain Stage, 2001
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5 of 5 — Mark Selby performing on Mountain Stage, 2001
Mark Selby performing on Mountain Stage, 2001
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For the next several weeks, we’ll be featuring more classic episodes from our archives, with legendary performances by the likes of Richard Thompson, Olu Dara, John Mayall, Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, Natalie Merchant and many more. Check out our upcoming schedule by clicking “On the Radio” at Mountainstage.org.
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This week, when an award-winning Asheville chef decided to launch a restaurant, she returned to a rich community tradition. Also, the popularity of weaving waxes and wanes. At the moment, it’s having a renaissance. And, during Lent, Yugoslavian fish stew is a local favorite in Charleston, West Virginia.
WVPB had a conversation with Us & Them host Trey Kay earlier this week on the significance today of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. This week, WVPB is hosting a special screening event at Marshall University with excerpts from Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, and Kay will lead a panel discussion. We once again hear from Kay, this time speaking with one of the panelists — Marshall University political science professor George Davis — about why revisiting the nation’s founding story still matters.
WVPB will be screening excerpts of Ken Burns’ recent PBS documentary series "The American Revolution" this week at Marshall. Us & Them host Trey Kay will moderate the event, and he spoke recently with WVPB News Director Eric Douglas about why revisiting the nation’s founding story matters today. Also, a bill to temporarily delay moving a child to homeschooling during an active case of abuse or neglect hit a snag in the Senate on Monday.