On this West Virginia Week, the body of a missing miner was recovered, guaranteed median income comes to Mercer County, and with Halloween over and Thanksgiving a few weeks away, what can you do with those leftover pumpkins?
Can’t make it Europe to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Don your best green and join Mountain Stage as we open up the archives for some great Celtic music.
Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “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.
Join us for some toe-tapping Celtic tunes this Saturday March 14 and Sunday March 15 for “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
First up is our Mountain Stage Celtic music special, featuring archived performances from Celtic rockers, folkers and poppers, including Bell X1, Karen Casey & John Doyle, Cathie Ryan, Lunasa, The Lost Brothers and Celtic Fiddle Festival and The Henry Girls.
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Dougie MacLean on Mountain Stage’s 2011 broadcast from the Celtic Connection Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. This marked his fifth appearance on Mountain Stage.
We’ll also hear a Mountain Stage broadcast from the 2011 Celtic Connection Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. This show includes sets from R&B singer Mavis Staples, Scottish multi-instrumentalist Dougie MacLean, Boston-based string band Joy Kills Sorrow and singer-guitarist duo Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore.
On this West Virginia Week, the body of a missing miner was recovered, guaranteed median income comes to Mercer County, and with Halloween over and Thanksgiving a few weeks away, what can you do with those leftover pumpkins?
This week, on this special episode with guest co-host, ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason, we explore songs about lawbreaking folk heroes, runaway trains and murder ballads.
There’s a style of singing in bluegrass and traditional music that’s rooted in the music of Primitive and Old Regular Baptist churches, places where singers like bluegrass legend Stanley were raised. On a recent episode of Inside Appalachia, reporter Zack Harold introduced us to a woman who helps keep this sacred tradition alive.