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.
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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.
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.
To say that Mountain Stage is excited about returning to Grand Marais this September? Total.Understatement.
In honor of our upcoming Minnesota trip, this weekend’s #MSAM takes place at the North House Folk School.
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 32 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Join us this Saturday August 22 and Sunday August 23 for Mountain Stage After Midnight, where we’ll hear…
… a 2011 Grand Marais show featuring John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Michael Johnson, Linday Mac, Pat Donohus & Mary Flowers.
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Trampled by Turtles on Mountain Stage in 2012.
… and a 2012 Grand Marais show featuring Trampled by Turtles, LOW and Barbara Jean Minnesota (feat. Peter Himmelman).
In/around Minnesota this fall? Check out our live show schedule and be a part of our next Grand Marais recording! Prep for the trip with our 24-7 stream of archived shows (that you can’t hear anywhere else), and check out our own travels on social media (follow us @mountainstage on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram). And if you want Larry and the Mountain Stage crew to bring the party to another state, contact your local public radio station and request the show be recorded in your neck of the woods.
Iconic Midwestern folk singer John Gorka returned to Mountain Stage in February 2014 with a brand new song that he introduced as his “love letter to Charleston” in its time of need. Here he performs “Give Us Back Our Water,” from this week’s special encore broadcast.
Need to countrify your weekend? Of course you do, and that’s why “Mountain Stage After Midnight” is here to help with performances from some amazing alt-country, bluegrass, and folk artists. 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 and they’ll alternate order each night.
Tune your dials to West Virginia Public Radio this Saturday October 11 and Sunday October 12 for two good ol’ performances on “Mountain Stage After Midnight.
First you’ll hear a 2011 performance featuring Seattle folk pop band Ivan & Alyosha, indie folk group The Low Anthem, singer-songwriter duo Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, folk supergroup Red Horse, alt-country legend Lucinda Williams (who just released her eleventh studio album). See the playlist.
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Little Big Town made their first appearance on Mountain Stage in 2007.
Next is a 2007 performance featuring Virginia-based alt-bluegrass ensemble Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Canadian folk pop chanteuse Rose Cousins, West Virginia country band The Davisson Brothers Band, contemporary jazz vocalist Catherine Russell, and country group/The Voice mentors Little Big Town (who are releasing a new record, Pain Killer, this month). See the playlist.
Iconic Midwestern folk singer John Gorka returned to Mountain Stage in early February, with a brand new song that he introduced as his “love letter to Charleston.” Here he performs “Give Us Back Our Water,” from this week’s premiere broadcast.
