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This week, one thing about Appalachians: we can get competitive. We’re proud of our local food. Love a good hunt. And enjoy competition with friends. We learn the rules and celebrate our victories. You'll hear these stories and more this week, Inside Appalachia.
Why not celebrate two legendary singers’ birthdays with two great Mountain Stage performances? 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 and they’ll alternate order each night.
We’ll hear Wanda Jackson’s 2011 performance and Shelby Lynne’s 2008 performance this Saturday October 18 and Sunday October 19 on “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
First up is a 2011 performance featuring the musical talents of Wanda Jackson, Carolyn Wonderland, Joe Ely, New Rope String Band, and The Wronglers/Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
In southern Ohio, there’s a musical tradition that goes back nearly 1,000 years and 4,000 miles. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter Capri Cafaro has this story.
The student-led team that produces the news for WMUL radio at Marshall University learned in August that they won a collegiate Edward R. Murrow award for Outstanding Newscast for the second year in a row.
News Director Eric Douglas sat down in a classroom studio with Marshall's Chuck Bailey, the student news director Emma Johnson, and the Director of the Marshall School of Journalism and Mass Communications Rob Quicke, to learn more.