Songwriter, producer and rock and roll hall of fame inductee Booker T. Jones made his first appearance on Mountain Stage in 2011 and we’re revisiting this classic episode.
We’ll also hear a set from the incomparable Lake Street Dive, songwriters Kenny White and Jill Sobule, plus indie-pop trio The Spring Standards, as we look back to 2011 in this podcast episode.
Support for the Mountain Stage podcast is provided by Digital Relativity. https://digitalrelativity.com/
Tag: Lake Street Dive
Listen: Lake Street Dive on NPR's Mountain Stage
Beloved dynamic pop band Lake Street Dive return to this week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage, with songs from their acclaimed album Side Pony. Here they perform “Call Off Your Dogs,” on a show that also features performances by Seratones, My Bubba, Royal Wood, and Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche.
Like what you hear? Download the entire show right now on the Mountain Stage podcast (just look for Ep. 872). While you’re at it, make sure to subscribe, leave us a rating/review and send us a tweet with your favorite song: we’re @mountainstage.
Mountain Stage's Favorite Performances of 2016
2016 was a big year for NPR Music and West Virginia Public Broadcasting‘s Mountain Stage. We celebrated 33 years of live performance radio, commemorated the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s legendary set, and listened to the voices of two new guest hosts.
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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Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – Gentle On My Mind (Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, PA on September 25, 2016 with WYEP & Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – Episode #879)
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Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – "Gentle on My Mind" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Bottle Rockets – Dog (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on March 20, 2016 – Episode #866)
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Bottle Rockets – "Dog" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Brett Dennen – Cassidy (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on May 8, 2016 – Episode #870)
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Brett Dennen – "Cassidy" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Cheryl Wheeler – Estate Sale (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on July 24, 2016 – Episode #874)
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Cheryl Wheeler – "Estate Sale" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Chris Smither – Leave the Light On (Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, PA on September 25, 2016 with WYEP & Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – Episode #879)
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Chris Smither – "Leave the Light On" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Darrell Scott – Desperados Waiting for a Train (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on May 22, 2016 – Episode #871)
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Darrell Scott – "Desperados Waiting for a Train" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Foy Vance – Ziggy Looked Me In The Eye (Clay Center in Charleston, WV on October 16, 2016 – Episode #881)
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Foy Vance – "Ziggy Looked Me In The Eye" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Hayes Carll – Sake of the Song (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on May 22, 2016 – Episode #871)
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Hayes Carll – "Sake of the Song" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Indigo Girls – Shame on You (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on September 18, 2016 – Episode #878)
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Indigo Girls – "Shame on You" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Iron & Wine – We Two are Moon (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on December 4, 2016 – Episode #885)
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Iron & Wine – "We Too are Moon" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester – Down the Road (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on July 24, 2016 – Episode #874)
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Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester – "Down the Road" – Live from Mountain Stage
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John Paul White – Once and Future Queen (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on November 20, 2016 – Episode #884)
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John Paul White – "Once and Future Queen" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Judy Collins with Ari Hest – I Choose Love (West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV on April 17, 2016 – Episode #868)
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Judy Collins with Ari Hest – "I Choose Love" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Lake Street Dive – Call Off Your Dogs (Clay Center in Charleston, WV on June 5, 2016 – Episode #872)
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Lake Street Dive – "Call Off Your Dogs" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Lucius – I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on June 26, 2016 – Episode #873)
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Lucius – "I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Margaret Glaspy – Emotions and Math (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on June 26, 2016 – Episode #873)
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Margaret Glaspy – "Emotions and Math" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Mike Cooley – Made Up English Oceans (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on March 20, 2016 – Episode #866)
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Mike Cooley – "English Oceans" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Ona – Sleep, Rinse, Repeat (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on February 21, 2016 – Episode #864)
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Ona – "Sleep, Rinse, Repeat" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Overcoats – Smaller Than My Mother (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on February 21, 2016 – Episode #864)
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Overcoats – "Smaller Than My Mother" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option (Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV on August 13, 2016 – Episode #876)
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Rhiannon Giddens – "At the Purchaser's Option" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Robbie Fulks – Aunt Peg’s Old Man (University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY on April 3, 2016, with WUKY – Episode #867)
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Robbie Fulks – "Aunt Peg's Old Man" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Robert Ellis – California (Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, PA on September 25, 2016 with WYEP & Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – Episode #879)
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Robert Ellis – "California" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Sarah Jarosz – House of Mercy (University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY on April 3, 2016 with WUKY – Episode #867)
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Sarah Jarosz – "House of Mercy" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Steve Poltz – Folksinger (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on May 1, 2016 – Episode #869)
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Steve Poltz – "Folksinger" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche – Bleeker Street (Clay Center in Charleston, WV on June 5, 2016 – Episode #872)
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Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche – "Bleeker Street" – Live from Mountain Stage
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The Wood Brothers – Never and Always (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on May 1, 2016 – Episode #869)
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The Wood Brothers – "Never and Always" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Tift Merritt – Heartache is an Uphill Climb (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on December 4, 2016 – Episode #885)
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Tift Merritt – "Heartache is an Uphill Climb" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Todd Burge – Time to Waste Time (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on December 4, 2016 – Episode #885)
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Todd Burge – "Time to Waste Time" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Todd Snider – Stuck on the Corner (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on October 23, 2016 – Episode #882)
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Todd Snider – "Stuck on the Corner" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Wilco – Space Oddity (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on February 14, 2016 – Episode #863)
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Wilco – "Space Oddity" – Live from Mountain Stage
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William Matheny – Living Half to Death (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on June 26, 2016 – Episode #873)
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William Matheny – "Living Half to Death" – Live from Mountain Stage
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Wynonna & the Big Noise – These Are The Things That I Lean On (Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV on September 18, 2016 – Episode #878)
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Wynonna & the Big Noise – "These Are The Things That I Lean On" – Live from Mountain Stage
Mountain Stage THIS SUNDAY: What You Need To Know
Do you have a ticket for THIS SUNDAY’s live Mountain Stage in Charleston with Lake Street Dive, Seratones, Royal Wood, Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche and My Bubba? If you do, you’re in for a treat. If you don’t, you better hurry. As of this writing less than 60 tickets remain, available at The Clay Center Box Office, 304.561.3570, or HERE.
Since this show is a little different than our “home shows” at the Culture Center, here are a few tips for this Sunday.
–Where Do I Enter? First of all, there is plenty of parking nearby, including the Clay Center’s reasonably priced event parking on Washington Street. Use the main entrance to the Clay Center. The box office will open at 5p.m. for will-call tickets, and the grand lobby will open at 6p.m. We’ll have merchandise and, yes, a bartender on site. A lot of on-stage presentations ask attendees to enter through the Walker Theater (off Brooks Street) but not this time. We want lots of elbow room while you’re picking out your merchandise.
–What’s this “On-Stage Seating” all about? We hope our guest-artists aren’t creeped out by our frequent use of the word “intimate” in describing this show. Take a look at the photo above. Your seats are literally ON-STAGE at the Clay Center. It’s still general admission, so arrive early to be first to enter when seating begins at 6:30pm. The Clay Center’s lovely team of volunteer ushers will be on hand to help guide you and answer questions, including help with handicap accessible seating.
–What else is different? Not much. The show will still go about 2.5 hours, will still feature five guests, and there will be no intermission (refreshment sales end after the show starts). Our singer Julie Adams is out of town, so Larry Groce and his wife Sandra will be doing a tune from LG’s new record “Live Forever.” Those of you in attendance will also get the first chance to purchase tickets to our unannounced July 24 show in Charleston.
Summer is here, and Mountain Stage is excited for all the great music happening in Charleston and beyond. Check out our Live Show Schedule, sign-up for our e-mail newsletter so you can be first to know about new shows, and be sure to join us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for behind-the-scenes glimpses and updates on show-day.
Mountain Stage Acts Nominated for 2016 Americana Music Awards
The 2016 Americana Music Awards nominations are in! We’re proud to see so many of Mountain Stage’s guests on the list. Click on the artist’s name to hear their recent performance on Mountain Stage.
Congratulations to the nominees who will perform on Mountain Stage in the coming weeks, including Parker Millsap (Album of the Year) and Lake Street Dive (Americana Duo / Group of the Year)! We can’t wait to see these emerging Americana stars return to the Mountain Stage May 22 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston and June 5 at the Clay Center in Charleston. Ticket and artist information is available at mountainstage.org.
Another shout-out to Mountain Stage alumni who have racked up 2016 Americana Music Award nominations, including Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams, Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Milk Carton Kids, Tedeschi Trucks Band (here playing as the Derek Trucks Band), John Moreland, Cindy Cashdollar, Stuart Duncan, Jedd Hughes (here playing with Rodney Crowell) and Sara Watkins.
Missed hearing these talented folks on Mountain Stage? Make sure to subscribe (and rate/review) the Mountain Stage podcast on iTunes and sign-up for our email newsletter for future show announcements! You might just hear/see the next big artist before they start grabbin’ Americana Awards.
Good luck to all the nominees! And if you haven’t already, go out and hear some live music wherever you are just as soon as you can.
Lake Street Dive to Appear on Mountain Stage
Mountain Stage with Larry Groce, the long-running live-performance radio program from NPR Music and West Virginia Public Broadcasting, is pleased to announce that critically-acclaimed soul pop group Lake Street Dive will return to Mountain Stage on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at the Clay Center in Charleston.
Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 day of show, available today on theclaycenter.org, by phone at 304-561-3570 and in person at the Clay Center Box Office.
As NPR Music puts it, “The appeal of this band of New England Conservatory friends lies in their warmth in harmony and comfortably styled songs — sometimes tilting toward soul, often rocking danceably on a new collection of songs called Side Pony.” Our audience has seen Lake Street Dive’s evolution on our show from an alt-country jazz group in 2012 to (as you can see below) a pop-soul juggernaut in 2014.
More acts will be announced soon for this June 5 show. Stay up to date on Mountain Stage show news and ticket deals by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr 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.