On this West Virginia Morning, Curtis Tate speaks with Suzanne Mattei of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis for her perspective on the ongoing debate over construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Ultimately, the pipeline may get built, but some energy analysts question whether the pipeline is even needed.
On this West Virginia Morning, Curtis Tate speaks with Suzanne Mattei of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis for her perspective on the ongoing debate over construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Ultimately, the pipeline may get built, but some energy analysts question whether the pipeline is even needed.
Also, in this show, the legendary icon of cosmic cowboy country music Ray Wylie Hubbard has our Mountain Stage Song of the Week. We listen to Hubbard’s performance of “Desperate Man,” which closes out his studio album, Co-Starring Too with guest-stars Band of Heathens. In this version, you’ll hear the Mountain Stage Band backing Hubbard.
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It’s always a special occasion when Ray Wylie Hubbard returns to Mountain Stage. He grew up in the same Texas town as host Larry Groce, and the two have remained friends for 50 years. Hubbard performed a rare Mountain Stage encore at Larry’s request – his signature tune, “Snake Farm.”
2015 was a big year for Mountain Stage. We began a beautiful friendship with public radio music discovery machine VuHaus. We created a new, bite-size podcast called Mountain Stage 2 Go.
And across nine venues in four states, we recorded over 100 live sets that showcased the best and brightest musicians in the world today. (Of course, none of this would have happened without your support!)
Before we embark on our 33rd musical year around the sun, Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage crew have picked out 27 performances that deserve another listen and another round of applause. From A to Z, these are our favorite Mountain Stage performances of 2015. (Hint: click the Episode # for their Mountain Stage podcast episode, where available.)
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Allen Toussaint (Keith-Albee Theater in Huntington, WV on February 15, 2015 – Episode #838)
Another week, another weekend of live performance radio courtesy of #MSAM.
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 32 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Tune in this Saturday July 18 and Sunday July 19 for some great tunes on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
We’ll hear an April 2006 show recorded on the campus of West Virginia University featuring Great Big Sea, Bob Schneider Band, Shawn Mullins, Trevor Hall and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
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John Paul White, member of folk duo The Civil Wars, appeared solo on the Mountain Stage in 2007.
And a special August 2007 from Smokey’s on the Gorge in Lansing, West Virginia. This one features Les Yeux Noirs, John Paul White, King Wilkie, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer.
Still craving more #MountainStage? Tell us what you want to hear on the next #MSAM on social media (you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram). Take us on your summer travels with our 24/7 Mountain Stage stream and iTunes podcast. Sign-up for our monthly email newsletter for the latest show announcements and come see what live performance radio looks like at one of our live shows. And if Mountain Stage isn’t available wherever you are, contact your public radio station and let’em know what they’re missing out on!
Dar Williams was pretty spot-on when she sang, “And February was so long that it lasted into March.” In honor of her weather woman ways (not to mention the fact that she’s coming back to the Mountain Stage this May!), we’re devoting part of this week’s “Mountain Stage After Midnight” to the legendary crooner.
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.
Join us for a bit of country, a bit of funk and a whole lotta fun this Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22 for “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
One of this week’s featured shows comes from June 2012 and includes Dar Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The dB’s, Arthur Alligood and The New Rope String Band.
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Joe Pug on the Mountain Stage in 2010.
The second show comes from October 10, 2010 (10/10/10, in case you were wondering), and includes such musical talent as The Hold Steady, Brooke Waggoner, Crooked Still, Joe Pug (who’s coming back to the Mountain Stage alongside Dar) and Matt White.
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One of the most impressive things about Mountain Stage’s roster of guests isn’t just who has played the show but when they did so. Acts like Alison Krauss, Ani DiFranco, Norah Jones, Counting Crows, and Phish performed on Mountain Stage before they were widely known across America and the world. While this practice of introducing audiences to emerging talent is par for the Mountain Stage course these days, it took awhile for the show to stabilize itself and be able to develop this side of its identity. One of the first acts the show introduced the rest of world to was country crooner Lyle Lovett in May 1987.
Ray Wylie Hubbard – “Dallas After Midnight”
Mountain Stage host Larry Groce and singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard have known one another most of their lives, having both graduated from Adamson High School in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas together. Hubbard first came on Mountain Stage in June 1988 at the Kerrville Folk Festival. During that performance, he played this song and even teases the crowd for a bit with “I Fought The Law”.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard – "Dallas After Midnight"
Richard Thompson – “Turning of the Tide”
When I interviewed Richard Thompson for ‘Mountain Stage at 30: A Radio Retrospective’ he was extremely contemplative in answering my questions but was also (very appropriately) careful in describing what the show is and means. He gave answers that teetered on both sides of the proverbial fence.
“I think that Mountain Stage definitely is Americana. You can say it’s Americana. You can say it isn’t as well."
Thompson’s playing is much like the way he describes Mountain Stage. It’s exactly rock but also folk. It’s exactly folk but also rock. It’s both of those styles and neither at the same time.
And while discussions of genre can inevitably become an idiosyncratic rabbit hole, I’ll save us all a whole lot of time. Richard Thompson’s music is simply good music.
Kevn Kinney & Peter Buck – “The Last Song of Maddie Hope”
When R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck joined Drivin N Cryin’s Kevn Kinney on Mountain Stage in April 1990, he told Larry Groce he wanted to bring his band back to be on the show. As one might expect, Groce couldn’t believe it, but–in the end–Kinney and Buck’s appearance on the show paved the way for R.E.M. to land on the show a year later. The rest is history.
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Editor’s Note: Mountain Stage at 30: Songs From the Doc is a multi-part series that serves as a companion to a recent documentary that details the history of the show. Stay tuned to wvpublic.org as the series is rolled out over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
