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Mountain Stage Acts Nominated for 2016 Grammy Awards

The 2016 Grammy 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 performances on Mountain Stage.

Congratulations to the performers who performed this past year on the show, including Chris Stapleton (for Album of the Year, Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Song and Best Country Album), Lee Ann Womack (Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Song), The Fairfield Four (Best Roots Gospel Album), The Milk Carton Kids (Best American Roots Performance), The Mavericks (Best American Roots Song, Best Americana Album), The Steeldrivers (Best Bluegrass Album) and Rhiannon Giddens (Best Folk Album).

Another shout-out to Mountain Stage alumni who have racked up 2016 Grammy nominations, including Little Big Town and Lori McKenna, Bill Frisell, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Keith Urban, Wilco, Dierks Bentley, Joey & Rory, Ashley Monroe, Hayes Carll, Joshua Redman, John Scorfield, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Buddy Guy, Punch Brothers, Mavis Staples, Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Dale Ann Bradley, Rob Ickes, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Ralph Stanley & Friends, Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Bettye LaVette, Norman Blake, Patty Griffin, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Janis Ian, Michael Cerveris, Asleep at the Wheel and Blake Mills.

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’ Grammys.

Good luck to all the nominees! And if you haven’t already, go out and see some live music wherever you are just as soon as you can.

Huntington Native Wins Second Tony Award

A Huntington native won his second Tony Award Sunday night and will be co-hosting this year’s West Virginia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Michael Cerveris, a Huntington native, won his second Tony Award for his lead role in “Fun Home.” The musical is based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel and memoir about her complex relationship with her father played by Cerveris.
 

Cerveris won his first Tony in 2004 when he played John Wilkes Booth in “Assassins.” He also starred in the title roles of “Sweeney Todd” and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Cerveris originated the title role in the Broadway hit, “Tommy” and played it more than 1,400 times.

Cerveris will be co-hosting this year’s West Virginia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He’ll be joined by Joyce DeWitt, another West Virginia native from Wheeling who starred in “Three’s Company.”

The ceremony will take place on October 24, 2015 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston. West Virginia Public Broadcasting plans to air the event live across the state on television, radio, and online.

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