Sunday’s performance at Charleston’s Culture Center Theater marks Mountain Stage’s 866th episode and features performances by Indie-minded roots rock band Bottle Rockets, Drive-By Truckers’ co-founder Mike Cooley, Cali alt-folk rockers HONEYHONEY, legendary tunesmith Marshall Crenshaw and honky-tonk rocker Webb Wilder. Our radio listeners will hear this episode on over 150 NPR stations via NPR Music starting April 29.
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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.
Sunday’s performance at Charleston’s Culture Center Theater marks Mountain Stage’s 865th episode and features performances by Brooklyn-based party band Red Baraat, NPR’s favorite “Irish Punch Brothers” We Banjo 3, energetic folk-poppers Star & Micey and Minnesota jazz blues bands Davina & the Vagabonds. Our radio listeners will hear this episode on over 150 NPR stations via NPR Music starting April 22.
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Mountain Stage with Larry Groce, the long-running live-performance radio program based in Charleston, WV, is pleased to announce that critically-acclaimed indie pop group Lucius will return to Mountain Stage on Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Culture Center Theater. The show will be presented at FestivALL Charleston by Holiday Inn & Suites at the Capitol Conference Center.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show, available Friday, February 26 at 10 a.m. on mountainstage.org, by phone at 877-987-6487, locally at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston and also at Mountain Stage’s upcoming live shows.
Paste Magazine describes Lucius as “…a display that employs collaborative percussion, eye-catching stage props and a symbiosis of themselves and their audience.” That’s exactly what our audience experienced back in June 2013, when Lucius made their Mountain Stage debut on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown. Since then, the band has collaborated with acts ranging from Jeff Tweedy to David Byrne and have toured with The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Jack White and more.
March 2016 marks the release of their sophomore release Good Grief, which was produced by Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Weezer and The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas). Check out the fan-made lyric video for Lucius’ new single “Born Again Teen” below.
Sunday’s performance at Charleston’s Culture Center Theater marks Mountain Stage’s 864th episode and features performances by seminal indie rockers Ra Ra Riot, five-piece Irish bluegrass band I Draw Slow, folk soul duo Overcoats, The Walkmen’s Walter Martin and West Virginian rock’n’rollers Ona. Our radio listeners will hear this episode on over 150 NPR stations via NPR Music starting April 15.
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Mountain Stage w/ Larry Groce has announced three live shows for May in Charleston. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show, available today on MountainStage.org, by phone at 877-987-6487, locally at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston and also at the upcoming live shows.
On Sunday, May 1, Mountain Stage will record episode #869 at the Culture Center Theater on the State Capitol Grounds, 1900 Kanawaha Blvd., Charleston. The show (which will be heard on over 150 NPR Stations nationwide later this year) will include the return of folk trio The Wood Brothers, whose latest release Paradise was recorded at The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye studio in Nashville. Check out their recent performance with Dobro master Jerry Douglas (whose West Virginia and Mountain Stage roots run deep), and make sure to sign-up for our email newsletter to find out who will join The Wood Brothers on this May 1 show.
On Sunday, May 8, Mountain Stage will return to its home at the Culture Center Theater to record episode #870. The show will include California troubadour Brett Dennen, who returns to the Mountain Stage for the fifth time with a new record (and perhaps a new bottle of Dennen Wines) in tow. Check out his last performance on the Mountain Stage below.
Joining him on May 8 is Portland soul singer Liz Vice, whose music has been described by one NPR Music contributor as having “a satisfying sound that pulls from Motown roots and offers a hopeful message.” Who will join Liz on this May 8 show? Follow and find out on social media.
And on Sunday, May 22, Mountain Stage will record episode #871 at the Culture Center Theater with wry-witted Texas songwriter Hayes Carll, whose recent work with Mountain Stage alum Lee Ann Womack has led to a 2016 Grammy nominee for Best Country Song. We’ll announce more acts for this show in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, check out his recent performance on KUTX.
