Travel complications led to a last-minute collaboration between guitarist Charlie Hunter and vocalist Lucy Woodward. The chemistry was so evident that the pair decided to do an album together, released in 2019, called “Music! Music! Music!“
Hunter and Woodward set out to record songs from a broad but “very specific time frame,” Woodward says “1894 to 1987.” Our Song of the Week, “Be My Husband,” is an Andy Stroud composition most usually associated with Nina Simone. Percussionist Keita Ogaura rounds out the trio heard here.
Once part of the Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars, Southern folk musician John Paul White returns to the Mountain Stage to perform cuts from his new solo release Beulah, including the atmospheric lament “Once and Future Queen.”
This week’s broadcast also features performances from blues rockers The Fabulous Thunderbirds, all-star ensemble Golden State-Lone Star Blues Revue, English rock legend Terry Reid, and Bayou Americana group The Honey Island Swamp Band.
Like what you hear? Subscribe to the Mountain Stage podcast to hear John Paul White’s full set in the coming weeks.
And across seven venues in four states, we recorded over 120 live sets that showcased the best and brightest musicians in the world today. Along the way, we video streamed eight of our shows through VuHaus and made some new #gotowv friends along the way (with posters and glass records in tow!). Of course, none of this would have happened without your support.
Before we embark on another musical year around the sun, Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage crew have picked out 33 performances that deserve another listen and another round of applause. From A to Z, these are our favorite Mountain Stage performances of 2016. (Hint: click the Episode # for their Mountain Stage podcast episode, where available.)
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Aoife O’Donovan – In the Magic Hour (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on October 30, 2016 – Episode #883)
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Aoife O’Donovan on Mountain Stage
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Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – Gentle On My Mind (Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, PA on September 25, 2016 with WYEP & Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – Episode #879)
Another week, another weekend of live performance radio courtesy of #MSAM.
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.
Tune in this Saturday July 18 and Sunday July 19 for some great tunes on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
We’ll hear an April 2006 show recorded on the campus of West Virginia University featuring Great Big Sea, Bob Schneider Band, Shawn Mullins, Trevor Hall and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
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John Paul White, member of folk duo The Civil Wars, appeared solo on the Mountain Stage in 2007.
And a special August 2007 from Smokey’s on the Gorge in Lansing, West Virginia. This one features Les Yeux Noirs, John Paul White, King Wilkie, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer.
Still craving more #MountainStage? Tell us what you want to hear on the next #MSAM on social media (you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram). Take us on your summer travels with our 24/7 Mountain Stage stream and iTunes podcast. Sign-up for our monthly email newsletter for the latest show announcements and come see what live performance radio looks like at one of our live shows. And if Mountain Stage isn’t available wherever you are, contact your public radio station and let’em know what they’re missing out on!
