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Drive-By Truckers, Paul Kelly Headed to Mountain Stage Oct. 8

Fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed and politically charged latest release, “American Band,” modern-day rockers Drive-By Truckers will appear on a special Mountain Stage w/ Larry Groce Sunday, October 8 at The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, WV.

The Drive-By Truckers have made two appearances on Mountain Stage since 2009. The band’s primary songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have both made solo appearances.

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Australian songwriting standard-bearer Paul Kelly, who has appeared on Mountain Stage five times since 1992, will also be on the bill. Kelly has recorded over 21 studio albums as well as several film soundtracks (Lantana and the Cannes 2006 highlight, Jindabyne) and two live albums, in an influential career spanning more than thirty years. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997. Listen to his 2012 appearance at NPR Music. More artists will be added in the coming weeks.

Australian songwriting royalty Paul Kelly returns to Mountain Stage on October 8 at the Clay Center.

Emerging songwriter Daniel Norgren, who has been building an impassioned audience in his home country of Sweden and throughout Europe, is making Mountain Stage a part of his first North American tour. Read more in a Vinyl Me, Please feature.

Tickets will be $25 and $35 in advance, reserved seating, available to Clay Center Subscribers and Mountain Stage Members starting Tuesday, June 27 at 10 a.m. Individual sales will begin online Friday, July 28 and at all other outlets starting Monday, July 31.

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Mountain Stage is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting and is distributed by NPR Music. The program is heard on over 200 stations and via podcast. You can also see our favorite performances at VuHaus.

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Listen to Drive-By Truckers Live on Mountain Stage

Alt-country-rock masters Drive-By Truckers return to Mountain Stage this weekend with a preview of the sounds from their “Dirt Underneath” tour. Inspired by a character in book he’d just finished, singer Patterson Hood wrote the song “Pauline Hawkins” in a single day.

Mountain Stage After Midnight- August 2 & 3

Celebrate the weekend with a pair of performances that share a common Drive-By Truckers thread, courtesy of “Mountain Stage After Midnight.” Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Radio, “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. Each week we’ll hand-pick two of our favorite episodes and they’ll alternate order each night.

Join us as we flashback to performances from the year 2012 for Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3 on “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”

First you’ll hear a February 2012 performance from American power poppers Fountains of Wayne, “Bayou Soul Man” Marc Broussard (who just released A Life Worth Living this past week), Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee, soulful vocalist Grace Weber, and Americana singer-violinist Amanda Shires. See the playlist.

Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood made his second appearance on Mountain Stage in 2012. What made this performance even more special? The surprise appearance of R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, who joined Hood on stage for the song “After It’s Gone.”

Next, an episode recorded on the campus of University of Georgia in Athens featuring Drive-By Truckers c0-founder Patterson Hood, American composer Van Dyke Parks, Faroese musician Teitur, Southern multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett, and Atlanta guitarist Caroline Aiken. See the playlist .

Have a Mountain Stage performance in mind that you’d love to hear overnight weekends? Send us your recommendations over at the show’s Facebook and Twitter. While you’re at it, make sure to check out The Mountain Stage Podcast to see why Mountain Stage remains the home of live music on public radio.