Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders' iconic items earned big bucks at auction. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, reporter Andrew Henderson went to the auction and hung around for the fried chicken.
Rather than keeping to the ol’ “Eat Better, Work Out More, Read More” New Year’s mantra, why not spice up your resolution routine with “Hear More Rock’n Music?” We here at “Mountain Stage After Midnight” are more than happy to supply such music. Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Radio, “Mountain Stage After Midnight” takes the best episodes from the show’s 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners. Each week we’ll hand-pick two of our favorite episodes that’ll alternate order each night.
Tune in this Saturday January 3 and Sunday January 4 for some rock, pop and folk on “Mountain Stage After Midnight.” First you’ll hear a 2007 show recorded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with such musical talents as German-born/American-raised singer/songwriter Antje Duvekot, comedian/actor/singer Jeff Daniels, Australian alt-rock group The Cat Empire, folk-rocker Catie Curtis and Tony award-winner Duncan Sheik.
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Over the Rhine on Mountain Stage in 2007.
Next up is a 2007 show recorded in good ol’ Morgantown, West Virginia, featuring such voices and talents as English indie crooner (and Gomez band member) Ian Ball, southern alt-rocker Ingram Hill, charming crooner Amy Rigby, New Jersey singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs and legendary folk-art-poppers Over the Rhine.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders' iconic items earned big bucks at auction. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, reporter Andrew Henderson went to the auction and hung around for the fried chicken.
This week, having a very specific talent can lead to a dream job. It’s how cartoonist John Rose got his foot in the door to draw the comic strip Snuffy Smith. Also, there are dos and don’ts for treating poison ivy. And, a young, old-time musician wants to save her family’s lost ballads.
For nearly 100 years, Snuffy Smith has been a staple of newspaper comic pages, though these days, it’s easier to find him online. Snuffy Smith was brought to life by Artist Fred Lasswell in the 1930s, but now the strip is written and drawn by John Rose, who lives in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. We hear from Rose about drawing the famous hillbilly.
Virginia writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with her home. She loves the place where she’s from, in Tazewell County — her friends, family, the swimming holes and mountains and wild places — but she also felt stifled. Her new memoir "All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir" explores this tension and her experience when she did leave. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Hackney about the book.