This week’s Song of the Week is by revered Nashville-based songwriter Gretchen Peters.
Singer and songwriter Gretchen Peters has made five appearances on Mountain Stage since 1996. A widely covered songwriter, Peters’ songs have been recorded by Martina McBride, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams and many others. Her song “Say Grace” has been chosen as our Song of the Week, a track that appears on her latest collection of original songs Dancing With the Beast.
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Sean Rowe, Livingston Taylor, Jill Barber, Amber Rubarth and Gretchen Peters gather for the Mountain Stage finale song.
Since Max Hatt and Edda Glass were recently crowned the winners of the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest (congrads to the jazzy duo!), this week’s “Mountain Stage After Midnight” features some amazing NewSong alumni. 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 December 6 and Sunday December 7 on “Mountain Stage After Midnight” for some rock’n, folk’n and pop’n jams.
First up: an October 2008 show featuring 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong contest winners/ singing-songwriting duo Jacob & Lily, Kentucky guitarist Chris Knight, Irish-American supergroup Solas, modern bluegrass outfit Dan Tyminski Band and the ever-so-charming country star Patty Loveless.
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2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest winner Amber Rubarth previously performed on Mountain Stage as part of the indie duo The Paper Raincoat.
Next: an August 2011 show with roots rock band Moreland & Arbuckle, Michigan folk ruckus-makers Frontier Ruckus, female folk rock group Blame Sally, 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong contest winner/indie crooner Amber Rubarth and legendary guitarist (and the other half of Hall & Oates) John Oates.
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