Renowned acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke has a career that spans five decades, dating back to his 1969 debut album 6 & 12 String Guitar. This week we’re revisiting his 10th appearance on Mountain Stage since 1990, including our pick for Song of the Week.
“From Pizza Towers to Defeat” is a track from Clone, Kottke’s 2002 duo album with Phish bassist Mike Gordon. With his trademark bounce and dynamic, jaw-dropping finger-picking, Kottke charms with this “true story” performed live on Mountain Stage.
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Members of BKO along with Ari Hest, Johnny Irion, Larry Groce and Julie Adams, during the finale of Mountain Stage.
You’ll hear the entire set from Kottke, plus sets from Mali’s BKO, and three distinctly different singer-songwriters: Josh Rouse, Johnny Irion, and Ari Hest. They’re all in live performance on the latest episode of Mountain Stage. Find your station here, and be sure to follow Mountain Stage on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for updates.
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Named after the airport in their West African home, Mali’s BKO bring their modern sound to Mountain Stage on this week’s broadcast.
We’re so excited for Kentucky bluegrass rocker Chris Stapleton’s return to the Mountain Stage! We’ll announce more June 28 artists soon (make sure to sign-up for our e-newsletter for the complete list), but in the meantime, let’s open up the archives to hear Stapleton’s 2008 Mountain Stage debut on this week’s “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
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 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Take a mid-day nap and stay up late to hear some amazing live performance radio on Saturday April 4 and Sunday March 5 during “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
First up is a July 2008 show, recorded live in hip, historic Charleston, WV. The show featured Chris Stapleton’s The SteelDrivers, seminal folk rocker Amos Lee, Philly soul singer Sharon Little and low-key roots player Peter Bradley Adams.
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Vienna Teng’s debut on the Mountain Stage in 2008.
What’s more, we’ll hear an August 2008 show featuring Phish co-founder Mike Gordon, the Mountain Stage debut of jaw-dropping singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, alt-bluegrass supergroup Crooked Still, indie pop-rockers The Rescues and singer-fiddler Carrie Rodriguez.
