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Mountain Stage to Return to Augusta Heritage Festival

NPR Music & West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage with Larry Groce is proud to announce its return to the Augusta Heritage Festival on Saturday, August 13.

Now in its 33rd season, Mountain Stage will bring its live performance radio program to Davis & Elkins College on Saturday, August 13 to celebrate the Augusta Heritage Festival for a show at the Harper-McNeeley Auditorium at the Myles Center for the Arts in Elkins, WV. Audiences will participate in a recording that will be heard on over 170 NPR stations around the nation and on the top-ranking Mountain Stage Podcast.

Tickets are available starting today and can be purchased online or by phone at 304.637.1255. Click here, and read on, for ticket prices and festival information.

This August 13 concert will mark the Mountain Stage debut of Dori Freeman, a twenty-four-year-old singer-songwriter whose timeless Appalachian music has caught the ears of NPR Music, No Depression and even The New York Times, who had this to say:

“The purity of Dori Freeman’s voice and the directness of her songwriting reflect not only her Appalachian hometown — Galax, Va. — but also a determined classicism, a rejection of the ways modern country punches itself up for radio and arenas.”

Sample some of Dori Freeman’s latest release on NPR Music & WXPN’s World Cafe:

Joining Dori at this August 13 show will be the Grammy-nominated bluegrass bandBlue Highway, emerging bluegrass group Flatt Lonesome, and the Davis & Elkins Appalachian Ensemble, who were recently featured on an episode of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Inside Appalachia as they traveled along the Mountain Music Trail.

Critically-acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and Carolina Chocolate Drops founder Rhiannon Giddens will also perform on this August 13 show. Listeners might remember her last set on Mountain Stage, which brought the entire theater to their feet (and for good reason).

Tickets and more information can be found on mountainstage.org. Stay up to date on Mountain Stage show news and ticket deals by following us on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram and signing up for our e-mail newsletter. If you’re looking to discover new music between now and then, subscribe to the Mountain Stage podcast on iTunes.

Mountain Stage After Midnight: Marty Stuart, The McCrary Sisters, Tracy Nelson

What do Marty Stuart, The McCrary Sisters, The Greencards and Tracy Nelson have in common? We’re playing them all this week 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.

Gather up some energy and stay up late Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7 for some spectacular sets on Mountain Stage After Midnight.

First up is a March 2012 show from the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol featuring Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Blue Highway, The Pines, The McCrary Sisters and John Fullbright.

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Tracy Nelson on the Mountain Stage in 2011.

We’ll also hear an August 2011 show that includes Grupo Fantasma, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, The Greencards, Tracy Nelson and Musikanto.

But there’s more where that comes from. Check out our 24/7 Mountain Stage stream and see behind-the-scenes show snapshots on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram. Join our monthly email newsletter for up-to-the-minute show announcements and ticket deals. And if you’re itching for a trip, come down and see what live performance radio looks like with one of our live shows!

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