Last February saw the return of three-time Grammy nominee Ruthie Foster to NPR’s Mountain Stage, who was celebrating her new blues/soul/gospel release, Joy Comes Back.
Watch a couple videos from Ruthie Foster’s Mountain Stage appearance below.
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Like what you hear? Download Episode #889 of the Mountain Stage podcast right now to hear Ruthie Foster’s full performance alongside Pokey LaFarge, Rose Cousins, Fred Eaglesmith and Rj Cowdery.
Sunday’s show at Charleston’s Culture Center Theater marks Mountain Stage’s 889th episode and features performances by Pokey LaFarge, Rose Cousins, Ruthie Foster, Fred Eaglesmith, and RJ Cowdery. Our radio listeners will hear this episode (as well as special guest host and West Virginian singer-songwriter Todd Burge) on over 200 NPR stations via NPR Music starting March 31.
For those of you watching along online, make sure to share your listening/watching experience with us! Use #MountainStage and #gotowv.
On Sunday, February 12, Mountain Stage will have a sweetheart of a Valentine’s Day show as we welcome special guest host Todd Burge to present the long-running public radio show.
This February 12 show will take place at the Culture Center Theater and feature performances by retro-roots crooner Pokey LaFarge, Canadian alt-country songwriter Fred Eaglesmith, award-winning blues singer Ruthie Foster, Scottish folk musician Rachel Sermanni, and Canadian songsmith Rose Cousins. Tickets are available online, by phone (877.987.6487), or at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston.
“As a longtime listener and fan, as well as a repeat guest, I can say with certainty that Mountain Stage has profoundly influenced my music and the direction of my career,” singer-songwriter Todd Burge said. “Being asked to guest host is a really big deal for me. Huge.”
Burge joins a short list of guest hosts in the show’s 33 year history, joining Tim O’Brien, Joni Deutsch, and Conor Knighton as the only hosts to fill in for Larry Groce in over 885 episodes. Although, we should mention Burge guest hosted the program (for 33 seconds) back in 2011 when introducing regional music favorite Southeast Engine.
Burge, who may be best known for his method of writing songs from the perspective of odd characters, bugs and animals, has performed on Mountain Stage twelve times since 1991. In 2016, he released a 17-track album featuring almost a decade’s worth of his performances from the Mountain Stage. Find out more about Burge on his website.
Mountain Stage with Larry Groce is proud to announce nine (that’s right, nine) live shows scheduled for the first few months of 2017.
Tickets to all the events will be available on Monday, November 21 at 10a.m. Guest artists scheduled to appear include Colin Hay, Andrew Bird, Pokey LaFarge, Solas, and Pink Martini, among others. Venues, locations, and ticket info follows.
“We are over the top about what we have lined up for Mountain Stage in winter and spring of 2017,” says Mountain Stage’s long-standing host and artistic director Larry Groce. “If you’ve never been in our audience before, pack your bag and hit the road! We promise you a party, before, during, and after the shows.”
Mountain Stage will record episode #886 on Sunday, January 15, at the WVU Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, West Virginia. The show will include former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, French-English folk troubadour Piers Faccini, and more. The two-plus hour show will be recorded for distribution to 180 NPR Stations nationwide in early 2017. Tickets cost $26-38 in advance (or $10 for WVU students) and are available online, by phone (304-293-7469) and at the Create Arts Center’s Box Offices (10am-5pm).
Don’t worry Charleston, WV fans! Mountain Stage will return to its home at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston for a string of shows shortly after that. Be a part of episode #888 on Sunday, January 29, with eclectic multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird, indie rockers Blind Pilot, Chicago guitar wunderkind Ryley Walker, pop vocal supergroup The Flat Five, and more. Tickets for this show are $30 in advance ($35 day of show) and are available online, by phone (877-987-6487), and locally at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston.
On Sunday, February 12, Mountain Stage will record episode #889 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston with retro-roots crooner Pokey LaFarge, Canadian alt-country songwriter Fred Eaglesmith, award-winning blues singer Ruthie Foster, Scottish folk musician Rachel Sermanni, and more. Tickets for this show are $20 in advance ($25 day of show) and are available online, by phone (877-987-6487), and locally at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston.
Mountain Stage then heads to the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater for episode #890 on Sunday, February 26, with traditional Celtic band Solas, Trampled By Turtles alt-country side-project Dead Man Winter, and more. Tickets are $20 in advance ($25 day of show) and are available online and by phone (1-800-745-3000).
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You can also catch Mountain Stage in Charleston, West Virginia, at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences on Sunday, March 5. This show will include a special one-hour set from Pink Martini, as well as performances from Beth Hart and more. Tickets are $30-40 in advance ($35-45 day of show) and are available online and by phone (304-561-3570).
As for April, make sure to catch Mountain Stage on the road on Sunday, April 2, at East Tennessee State University’s D.P. Culp University Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. The show includes performances from award-winning bluegrass-ers Claire Lynch Band and more. Tickets cost $10 for students (with ID), $20 for seniors, and $25 for the rest, available online.
The week following (Sunday, April 9), Mountain Stage heads to Marietta, Ohio, to record its first show at the Peoples Bank Theatre. Acts will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets cost $20-32 in advance and are available online.
And on Sunday, April 30, Mountain Stage will return to the WVU Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, West Virginia. The show ‘s line-up will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets cost $26-35 in advance (or $10 for WVU students) and are available online, by phone (304-293-7469) and at the Create Arts Center’s Box Offices (10am-5pm).
Sexton and Lovell and Earle, oh my! We’re off to see the wizard of live performance radio on this week’s “Mountain Stage After Midnight.” (Ruby red slippers are optional.)
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.
Follow us down the yellow brick road on Saturday March 28 and Sunday March 29 for “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
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