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Listen: John Gorka on Mountain Stage

John Gorka has been a regular guest on Mountain Stage since his first visit in 1989. He has our Song of the Week with “Tattooed,” from his latest album “True In Time,” accompanied by the Mountain Stage Band.

This week’s episode was recorded in Radford, VA with the help of WVRU at Radford University, who are celebrating their 40th Anniversary.

John Gorka joins us on Mountain Stage recorded at Radford University

You’ll hear the rest of Gorka’s set, as well as performances from The Weather Station, Shawn Camp, Scott Miller, and Dori Freeman on this week’s broadcast. Find out where you can listen on a station in your area here.

You can revisit the entire set from The Weather Station via NPR Music below.

On Sale Now: Mountain Stage Heads to Radford, VA Sunday April 8.

Tickets are on sale now for Sunday April 8 when Mountain Stage with Larry Groce makes its first trip to Radford University, in Radford, VA. The live performance radio program will present a quality showcase of roots and folk music at Bondurant Auditorium in Preston Hall as Groce welcomes folk singer John Gorka, Canadian roots-rock group The Weather Station, Nashville based songwriter, guitarist and singer extraordinaire Shawn Camp, and two highly regarded Virginia-based singer/songwriters, Scott Miller and Dori Freeman. Showtime is 7:30p.m. Read more on each guest here.

All tickets are reserved seating : $15, Children: $7.50, RU Student/Faculty/Staff: w/RU ID: Free.

Tickets can be purchased online at radfordactivites.com or at the Hurlburt Hall Information Desk, and by phone, (540)831-5420.

Ticket holders will be in the audience as Mountain Stage records the show for broadcast later this year to 240 NPR Stations across the country. Listeners in the Radford area can hear Mountain Stage Saturdays at 2p.m. on WVRU. The show is helping the station kick off the celebration of their 40th Anniversary.

Mountain Stage has been invited to Radford University with support from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Appalachian Events Committee, RU Broadcast Club, RU Music Business Student Association and Public Radio WVRU.

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).

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