This week, we reflect on Dolly Parton’s passing and her legacy in the region. Also, the Adaptive Climbers Festival at Kentucky’s Red River Gorge feels like home for climbers with disabilities from around the world. And, a new book spotlights Appalachian plants and encourages readers to get in touch with nature.
Live Show News: Mountain Stage Announces Five Live Shows
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You can be in the radio audience for performances by Leftover Salmon, Tim O’Brien’s Bluegrass Band, Matt Nathanson, Darlingside and more.
Mountain Stage has announced five additions to its Live Show Schedule, with Mountain Stage Members already enjoying exclusive pre-sale access to the Charleston, W.Va. shows. Mountain Stage Members make a recurring gift of $10/month or more and receive pre-sale online access to live shows, frequent discounts, member newsletters with playlists and more perks throughout the year. Click here to become a Mountain Stage Member and as soon as your donation is processed you’ll receive your member code to purchase tickets.
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On Sunday March 3 we welcome back perennial jamgrass innovators Leftover Salmon, who are celebrating the February release of their new book by Tim Newby, “30 Years of Festival.” Emerging traditional Irish group The Jeremiahs will join us as well. This show falls during Charleston’s Celtic Calling weekend of events. More guests will be announced soon.
March 24 marks the return of our frequent guest and long-time friend Tim O’Brien with a new batch of songs and a new bluegrass configuration. Joining the bill will be 2018 IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys. More info here.
Sunday April 7 we are in Athens, OH as guests of OU Performing Arts and our affiliate WOUB. Joining The Lone Bellow on campus at Memorial Auditorium will be emerging songwriter Anna Tivel. Tickets are already on sale here.
On Sunday April 14 Mountain Stage returns to our home at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston to welcome back two of our favorite singer-songwriters- Matt Nathanson and Stephen Kellogg- along with journeymen Virginia rockers Carbon Leaf and pianist Pete Muller. Tickets are on sale now to Mountain Stage Members.
The show returns to Morgantown, WV on Sunday April 28 as guests of WVU Arts & Entertainment. We will mark the highly anticipated return of indie-folk charmers Darlingside, whose first appearance on Mountain Stage wowed audiences in person and on radio. All tickets are reserved seating in Morgantown and are on sale here.
The indefinable sound of multi-instrumentalist David Bromberg and his Quintet will be featured guests on Sunday May 12 in Charleston. This roots music mainstay’s new record, The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues, was produced by Larry Campbell and finds the Americana godfather touching on the blues music that inspired him early-on.
The West Virginia Citizen Action Group held the first of several meetings about the future use of surveillance technology in Charleston and across the state Thursday night.
Traffic officials are taking a close look at what can be done to make a stretch of interstate overpass safer, after several vehicles jumped the overpass and wrecked in separate incidents.
Like many U.S. cities, Morgantown has a growing homeless population with far more people in need than shelters can take in. On this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay moderates a community conversation about the city’s camping ban, the shortage of housing and meaningful solutions for the future.
Many people struggle to find affordable housing, and more cities and towns now grapple with growing homeless populations. On the latest episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay moderates a public conversation in Morgantown about that city’s housing approach.