This week, Appalachian Dungeon Fest spotlights the fantastical music of dungeon synth. Also, every year, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival stages a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations. And, small dairy farms are closing across the country. Central Appalachia has been hit hard
Listen: Sarah Jarosz Has Our Mountain Stage Song of the Week From 2016
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Prodigiously talented musician Sarah Jarosz returns to Mountain Stage this week with songs from her then newly-released album Undercurrent. Here she performs “House of Mercy” before a live audience.
Sarah Jarosz – "House of Mercy"
– Live from Mountain Stage
Sarah’s most recent release, Blue Heron Suite on Rounder Records made it’s public debut in the spring of 2021. Recorded in 2018, the stripped-down recording brings Jarosz’s vocals and raw instrumental talent to the forefront thanks to a commission from the FreshGrass Foundation.
This week, Appalachian Dungeon Fest spotlights the fantastical music of dungeon synth. Also, every year, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival stages a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations. And, small dairy farms are closing across the country. Central Appalachia has been hit hard
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