On this West Virginia Morning, an opening partly in French isn’t what you might expect in a film set in West Virginia, but the new documentary O Pioneer is unusual. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Jonathan Lacoque and Clara Lehman, the makers behind their film, to learn what O Pioneer means.
On this West Virginia Morning, an opening partly in French isn’t what you might expect in a film set in West Virginia, but the new documentary O Pioneer is unusual. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Jonathan Lacoque and Clara Lehman, the makers behind their film, to learn what O Pioneer means.
Also, in this show, our Mountain Stage Song of the Week comes to us from Drive-By Truckers. We listen to their performance of “The Ballad of Cecil McCobb.” Patterson Hood wrote this song in memory of their good friend Wes Freed, who created the band’s album and poster art for many years.
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Two Mountain Stage events in Charleston this October are on sale to the public now.
Last week we announced that Mountain Stage will welcome Tony winner and West Virginia native Michael Cerveris as special guest-host on October 22 when the show is part of FestivALL Fall.
We’re excited to announce that Emily Saliers, well known as one-half of the Indigo Girls, will make her first solo appearance on Mountain Stage October 22 in support of “Murmuration Nation,” her first release under her own name, due for release on August 11. Click to pre-order.
“It was so freeing to pursue the kind of music I truly wanted to make without regard to what I’d done before or who I’m expected to be,” says Saliers. “I hope that this record can take people who think they know me already on a journey that’ll really surprise them.”
This show is also on sale to the public now. You can click here, call 877.987.6487, or stop by Taylor Books in downtown Charleston. Tickets are only $20 until August 31, at which point they will be $30.
Also appearing is the indie-pop duo Overcoats, who we first met in 2016 when they made their first appearance on Mountain Stage. You can hear their set via NPR Music and watch some of it courtesy of our VuHaus Channel.
On-line sales began today for Sunday, October 8 when Larry Groce welcomes The Drive-By Truckers, Paul Kelly and Daniel Norgren to The Clay Center. Tickets are available now online, and available by phone- 304-561-3570- or box office walk-up, starting Monday, July 31.
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Australia’s Paul Kelly, whose new album “Life Is Fine” is due Aug. 11, stops by Mountain Stage Oct. 8 as part of his first full-band tour of North America in 13 years.
Don’t’ forget you can join us THIS SUNDAY via VuHaus as we stream our sold-out show featuring St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Mac McAnally, The Wild Reeds, Sarah Siskind and Chastity Brown. Just point your browser to MountainStage.org at 7pm EST and enjoy!
Did you know that Mountain Stage Members get exclusive pre-sale access to all our Culture Center shows, plus periodic discounts, updates and playlists from Mountain Stage staff? Click here for more information.
Fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed and politically charged latest release, “American Band,” modern-day rockers Drive-By Truckers will appear on a special Mountain Stage w/ Larry Groce Sunday, October 8 at The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, WV.
The Drive-By Truckers have made two appearances on Mountain Stage since 2009. The band’s primary songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have both made solo appearances.
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Australian songwriting standard-bearer Paul Kelly, who has appeared on Mountain Stage five times since 1992, will also be on the bill. Kelly has recorded over 21 studio albums as well as several film soundtracks (Lantana and the Cannes 2006 highlight, Jindabyne) and two live albums, in an influential career spanning more than thirty years. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997. Listen to his 2012 appearance at NPR Music. More artists will be added in the coming weeks.
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Australian songwriting royalty Paul Kelly returns to Mountain Stage on October 8 at the Clay Center.
Emerging songwriter Daniel Norgren, who has been building an impassioned audience in his home country of Sweden and throughout Europe, is making Mountain Stage a part of his first North American tour. Read more in a Vinyl Me, Please feature.
Tickets will be $25 and $35 in advance, reserved seating, available to Clay Center Subscribers and Mountain Stage Members starting Tuesday, June 27 at 10 a.m. Individual sales will begin online Friday, July 28 and at all other outlets starting Monday, July 31.
Visit the Live Show Schedule at MountainStage.org for more information and a complete list of upcoming events. Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter for periodic updates and occasional discounts.
Sunday’s performance at Charleston’s Culture Center Theater marks Mountain Stage’s 866th episode and features performances by Indie-minded roots rock band Bottle Rockets, Drive-By Truckers’ co-founder Mike Cooley, Cali alt-folk rockers HONEYHONEY, legendary tunesmith Marshall Crenshaw and honky-tonk rocker Webb Wilder. Our radio listeners will hear this episode on over 150 NPR stations via NPR Music starting April 29.
For those of you watching along online, make sure to share your listening/watching experience with us! Use #MountainStage and #gotowv on Instagram for the chance to win a swag bag.
Alt-country-rock masters Drive-By Truckers return to Mountain Stage this weekend with a preview of the sounds from their “Dirt Underneath” tour. Inspired by a character in book he’d just finished, singer Patterson Hood wrote the song “Pauline Hawkins” in a single day.
2015 was a big year for Mountain Stage. We began a beautiful friendship with public radio music discovery machine VuHaus. We created a new, bite-size podcast called Mountain Stage 2 Go.
And across nine venues in four states, we recorded over 100 live sets that showcased the best and brightest musicians in the world today. (Of course, none of this would have happened without your support!)
Before we embark on our 33rd musical year around the sun, Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage crew have picked out 27 performances that deserve another listen and another round of applause. From A to Z, these are our favorite Mountain Stage performances of 2015. (Hint: click the Episode # for their Mountain Stage podcast episode, where available.)
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Allen Toussaint (Keith-Albee Theater in Huntington, WV on February 15, 2015 – Episode #838)
