This week, we’re revisiting a show featuring storytellers out loud in front of audiences. Folks like five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest, Bil Lepp. Also, musicians Anna & Elizabeth, whose storytelling used something known as a crankie. And, we’ll head to the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
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.
This week’s Inside Appalachia features storytellers from around the region, including author, television host and five-time West Virginia Liars Contest winner Bil Lepp. Here he is back in 2019, telling a story during a Mountain Stage performance at the West Virginia Culture Center.
Our Song of the Week comes from Ray Benson. During his tenth visit to the show, he performed "Faded Love," a Bob Wills tune often covered by Benson's longtime band, Asleep at the Wheel, who have been creating music together for over 50 years.
This year, the Nelsonville Music Festival in southeast Ohio will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Over the years, the festival has hosted a who’s who of American music icons, like John Prine, Willie Nelson and Loretta Lynn, while also supporting regional artists. Associate Producer Abby Neff sat down with director and founder Tim Peacock to talk about the festival.