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LISTEN: Matt Pond PA Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Matt Pond PA performs on Mountain Stage in Charleston, WV.Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, guest host David Mayfield welcomes Brother Elsey, Jenny Owen Youngs, Matt Pond PA, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms, and Jeremy Short to the stage for episode 1,045.
Our Song of the Week comes from Matt Pond PA, a New York-based band formed in Philadelphia by singer-songwriter Matt Pond. Making his debut appearance, Matt and his band performed “Love to Get Used,” a bouncy, layered pop song off of Spring Fools, a follow-up EP to his eighth studio album The Dark Leaves. Earlier this year, the band released The Ballad of Natural Lines.
A neighboring state finds an increase in its homeless population after a camping ban goes into effect and this week's Song of the Week features a debut Mountain Stage appearance by an artist from Philadelphia.
Our Song of the Week comes from singer-songwriter Will Hoge, making his seventh appearance on Mountain Stage. On this episode, Hoge performs “John Prine’s Cadillac,” paying homage to the late singer-songwriter’s legacy and influence that ripples throughout the music world.
We continue our encore broadcast season of Mountain Stage with an episode that was recorded live at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in Huntington, WV. We partnered with our friends at the Marshall Artists Series to kick off their 88th season with our host Kathy Mattea, J.D. Simo & Luther Dickinson, Paul Kelly, Kyle Tuttle Band, John Craigie, and Wayne Graham.