Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Have the Mountain Stage Song of the Week

After being a part of the band for legendary drummer and singer Levon Helm- and frequently guesting with heavyweights like Phil Lesh, Little Feat, and Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady- multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Larry Campbell and singer-guitarist Teresa Williams make their most beautiful music together. The duo appears on Mountain Stage for the second time during this week’s broadcast, recorded in October of 2019 in Charleston, W.Va.

Together, Larry and Teresa have released two exceptional albums, including their most recent Contraband Love. Our Song of the Week is the pair’s rousing version of the gospel blues tune “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning,” which is featured on their debut, self-titled album.

Larry and Teresa recently launched “It Was The Music”, a film in 10 episodes chronicling the lives and love of Larry Campbell and Teresa Willams, directed by award-winning filmmaker Mark Moskowitz. The all-star cast includes Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Lucinda Williams and many more. Watch the trailer here and find out where you can see the film, available on multiple platforms, at this link.

Hear the entire set from Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, as well as energetic performances from Robert Randolph & The Family Band, songwriter Hayes Carll, singer-songwriter and new author Allison Moorer, and Ireland’s Mick Flannery, on this week’s episode of Mountain Stage with guest host Kathy Mattea.

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Listen: The Steel Wheels have the Mountain Stage Song of the Week

The Virginia-based roots group The Steel Wheels expanded their sound with additional percussion for their 2019 album Over the Trees. Hear their performance of “Keep On” as our Song of the Week.

The band has just released a new album, Everyone A Song Vol. 1. They took stories from their fans and created the album while spread throughout the country during the 2020 pandemic. The band gathered stories from fans and set them to song, relying on the perceptive wit and imaginative pen of their own Trent Wagler.

This week we revisit the band’s 2019 appearance, their fourth on Mountain Stage since 2011. The Steel Wheels showcase their expansive sound, layering percussion, fiddle and plenty of vocal harmony beneath their introspective and often inspirational lyrics.

Our Song of the Week, “Keep On,” appears on the Sam Kassirer-produced Over the Trees.

Hear the band’s entire set, plus performances by Radney Foster, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert and Eilen Jewell, on this week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage.

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From 2016: Wilco, Brooke Waggoner, Au Pair, Shawn Mullins, and Joan Shelley

This 2016 podcast episode features a special extended, yet stripped-down set from Wilco, plus performances by Brooke Waggoner, Au Pair, Shawn Mullins, and Joan Shelley.

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Special: Cover Songs on Mountain Stage

Host Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage team culled together this episode of songs by some of music’s greatest songwriters, performed by various artists over the years on Mountain Stage.

We touch on the songs of Bob Dylan, with performances by The Band, Chris Smither, Jimmy LaFave, and The Derek Trucks Band. Songs of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter are done by Joan Osborne, Catherine Russell, and Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams. Brandi Carlile does Leonard Cohen and Mary Black covers Joni Mitchell.

You’ll hear a touching Bruce Springsteen deep-cut interpreted by David Lindley, who also does Warren Zevon’s ”Vast Indifference of Heaven.”And we couldn’t have an episode like this without some songs of the Beatles, done by the likes of John Pizzarelli, Judith Owen, Curtis Stigers, and The Mutual Admiration Society.

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From 2013: Billy Bragg, The Flatlanders, Amy Speace, Joe Pug, Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche

Revisiting an episode from 2013 featuring Billy Bragg, The Flatlanders, Amy Speace, Joe Pug, and Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche. Support for this podcast is provided by Digital Relativity. https://digitalrelativity.com/

From 2013: Calexico, Camper Van Beethoven, Bahamas, Bonnie Prince Billy and Piney Gir

Looking back to our 30th year for performances from Calexico, Camper Van Beethoven, Bahamas, Bonnie Prince Billy and Piney Gir. Recorded January 27, 2013 in Charleston, W.Va.

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