This week, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bondage. A new project identifies more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites. Also, the Fly Around Music & Arts Festival in North Carolina was inspired by the hard work that followed Hurricane Helene. And, a ballad about floods recorded a generation ago still provides solace for people today.
Mountain Stage After Midnight: Tommy Emmanuel, Calexico, Jesse Winchester
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Late nights, good tunes and great friends. That’s what’s in store for you this weekend on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
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.
Clear your schedules for archived tunes Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10 on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
We’ll hear a January 2010 show from the Creative Arts Center on the campus of West Virginia University. This show features Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing, Tommy Emmanuel, Vetiver (who have a new LP out), Kaukonen & Bromberg, Among the Oak & Ash and the DePue Brothers.
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Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers made their first group appearance on the Mountain Stage in 2010.
We’ll also hear a January 2010 show at the Culture Center in Charleston featuring Calexico (who have a new record out!), Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Solas, Harper Simon and the late/great Jesse Winchester.
This week, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bondage. A new project identifies more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites. Also, the Fly Around Music & Arts Festival in North Carolina was inspired by the hard work that followed Hurricane Helene. And, a ballad about floods recorded a generation ago still provides solace for people today.
On this West Virginia Morning, a Marshall University historian discusses documenting previously unknown underground railroad sites throughout the region.
More than 1,600 counties in the U.S. are so-called news deserts - places with limited options for local news. Most of West Virginia’s 55 counties fall into that category. In this encore episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay visits one online startup in Greenbrier County that’s bucking the trend.
