Keeping one foot in their native Michigan’s Mowtown soul and another in Music City, bluegrass-inspired ensemble Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys delivered one of our favorite performances of 2015. You can listen to their entire set on this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage.
This week’s broadcast also features performances from one of America’s most respected young singer-songwriters Josh Ritter, roots rocker Amy Helm, Seattle indie crooner Noah Gunderson, and roots duo the Cactus Blossoms.
Like what you hear? Download the entire show right now on the Mountain Stage podcast (just look for Ep. 860). While you’re at it, leave us a rating/review and send us a tweet with your favorite song: we’re @mountainstage.
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)
West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage is proud to announce its new partnership with VuHaus, a growing network of public media organizations who share a common mission to support emerging artists and to be a premier music discovery source for audiences around the world.
The VuHaus network encompasses the country’s leading engines for music discovery: WFUV in New York City, KCRW in Los Angeles, KEXP in Seattle, WXPN in Philadelphia, KUTX in Austin, KTBG The Bridge in Kansas City, KXT in Dallas, opbmusic is Portland, and now Mountain Stage of West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
The VuHaus stations film local, emerging and established artists playing live music in their studios, on location, and in intimate settings, with one-of-a-kind interviews, and live performance streams. VuHaus curates this exclusive content providing a single platform for music discovery in an ever-expanding video collection from America’s most vibrant music scenes.
In addition, and as a celebration of Mountain Stage’s 32nd Anniversary Show, a live webcast will be streamed on VuHaus Sunday, December 6, 2015 starting at 7pm EDT. The show will feature The Cactus Blossoms, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, Noah Gundersen, Amy Helm & the Handsome Strangers and Josh Ritter. Watch the live video this Sunday at www.VuHaus.com.
“It’s a new era in public media, and here at Mountain Stage we are looking to VuHaus as the next step for creating and distributing our content,” states Adam Harris, Mountain Stage Executive Producer. “ We’re looking forward to connecting with a whole new audience through VuHaus and inviting that audience to experience our radio show, live or on air, in the future.”
