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On this week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes four-time GRAMMY winner Sarah Jarosz, bluegrass master Tim O’Brien and his all-star Band, Irish folk singer-songwriter Karan Casey and her trio, father-daughter duo Dirk & Amelia Powell, and New Orleans’ premier sousaphone, washboard and guitar trio, The Tin Men.
This special episode is a celebration of Tim O’Brien’s 70th birthday and an impressive 50 years of making some of the best roots music in the business.
Our Song of the Week is from Sarah Jarosz, the singer-songwriter who has grown from instrumental prodigy to fully realized artist. In her third appearance on Mountain Stage this week, Jarosz performs a collection of songs from her new release, Polaroid Lovers, including our Song of the Week- “Good at What I Do”- which recently reached #1 on the Americana Radio charts.
Tune in starting Friday, April 5 on these affiliate stations to hear more from Sarah Jarosz, plus performances by Tim O’Brien Band, Karan Casey Trio, Dirk & Amelia Powell, and The Tin Men.
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John E. Hancock is a professor of architecture and design at the University of Cincinnati, and he spent years studying Ohio's ancient earthworks. Recently, he published “Traveler's Guide to Ancient Ohio." Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Hancock about the book.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCicero Fain is a historian at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, who has documented Appalachia's Black history. His latest undertaking is called the Appalachian Freedom Heritage Initiative. The project identified and documented more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites throughout eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Fain about the project.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bondage. A new project identifies more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites. Also, the Fly Around Music & Arts Festival in North Carolina was inspired by the hard work that followed Hurricane Helene. And, a ballad about floods recorded a generation ago still provides solace for people today.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, not much has been known about Appalachia’s contributions to the Underground Railroad, but a Marshall University historian is documenting that history.
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