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Our winter encore broadcast season continues this Friday, Feb. 20 with an episode featuring Medium Build, Susan Werner, The Arcadian Wild, Maya de Vitry, and Them Coulee Boys, all captured in Charleston, WV at the Culture Center Theater.
Our Song of the Week is “Dream In Blue” by singer-songwriter Maya de Vitry. Maya performed the song previously on the show when her band The Stray Birds made their first appearance on Mountain Stage. On this episode, she revisits it 12 years later, along with Joel Timmons on guitar and Rhees Williams on bass.
Tune in to an affiliate station near you to hear the entire set from May de Vitry, plus more live performances from rising singer-songwriter Medium Build, versatile songwriter Susan Werner, acoustic string band The Arcadian Wild, and folk-rockers Them Coulee Boys.
The spring broadcast season of Mountain Stage kicks off this week with the premiere of our 42nd anniversary show, recorded in December of 2025. On this episode, host Kathy Mattea welcomes The Bacon Brothers, Rose Cousins, Shawn Camp, Mark Erelli, and Tessa McCoy & The State Birds.
On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Dan Tyminski, Darrell Scott, I Draw Slow, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and Jacob Jolliff Band. This episode was recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV.