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LISTEN: Darrell Scott Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Darrell Scott performs with Kathy Mattea on Mountain Stage.Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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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, West Virginia.
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Darrell Scott returned to Mountain Stage and performed a special rendition of Paul Simon’s “American Tune,” which is our Song of the Week.
Tune in to a station near you starting Friday, Feb. 27 to hear more from Darrell Scott, plus performances by bluegrass singer-songwriter and Avicii collaborator Dan Tyminski, Dublin-based Irish-Appalachian group I Draw Slow, acoustic folk duo Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and The Jacob Jolliff Band featuring a virtuosic group of pickers with former Joy Kills Sorrow/Yonder Mountain String Band mandolinist Jacob Jolliff.
On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton joins us as guest host to welcome The Baseball Project, The Minus 5, Bob Mould, Chris Stamey, and Loose Cattle.
This week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded live at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, WV. Guest host David Mayfield welcomed Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes, The SteelDrivers, Basia Bulat, The Wildwoods, and Taylor Rae.
Our Song of the Week is “Suitcase Song,” performed by stylistic chameleon Nellie McKay. Originally featured on Nellie’s 2004 debut album, Get Away from Me, “Suitcase Song” was rereleased on Gee Whiz: The Get Away from Me Demos, in 2025.
Our Song of the Week comes from Margaret Glaspy, a California-born, New York-based indie folk rocker and singer-songwriter. During her third appearance on Mountain Stage, she performed a handful of original songs and covers from her latest release, The Golden Heart Protector. Our Song of the Week is a stripped-down version of her original song “Get Back,” which appears on her 2023 album, Echo the Diamond.
