Arts & Culture

The Healing Power Of Old-Time Music And A History Of Meth, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, old-time music jams aren’t just fun, they’re good for your mental health. Also, the opioid epidemic has changed how we talk about addiction in Appalachia. But it’s not America’s only drug crisis. And, every year, hundreds of people parachute off the 876-foot-tall New River Gorge Bridge for Bridge Day, but not just anyone can do it.

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WVPB’s First Eastern Panhandle Reporter Reflects On Decades In Public Radio

Cecelia Mason spent 23 years as a reporter for West Virginia Public Radio. Mason retired from a different job at Shepherd University this month, but returned to the Eastern Panhandle Bureau to talk about her time in public radio.

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Celebrating Juneteenth And A Conversation With WVPB’s First Eastern Panhandle Reporter, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, Wednesday was the federal holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Briana Heaney talked to West Virginians as they hit the streets to celebrate the nation’s, and the state’s, newest holiday.

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LISTEN: Drive-By Truckers Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week

On this week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage, we welcome southern rock royalty, the Drive-By Truckers, back to the show for their fifth appearance. On this encore episode, guest host Larry Groce also welcomes West Virginia country rocker and songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin, singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell, Afrofuturist folk artist Jake Blount with percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, and contemporary folk musician Tomberlin.

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