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Dan Tyminski & Ronnie Bowman, Sara Watkins to Appear on Mountain Stage

Hot on the heels of a stellar show during the Augusta Heritage Festival, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce is proud to announce its return to the Myles Center for the Arts at Davis & Elkins College on Saturday, October 8, for a special show presented by the Mountain State Forest Festival.

Tickets for this October 8 show are $20-$30 and are available online. Doors open at 6:30pm, with the show starting promptly at 7:30pm.

This October 8 show will mark Mountain Stage episode #880 and will feature bluegrass heavyweights and former Lonesome River bandmates Dan Tyminski and Ronnie Bowman. Fourteen-time Grammy winner Dan Tyminski is considered one of the most recognizable and popular male vocalists on today’s bluegrass and country music scenes, even acting as George Clooney’s singing voice in the Coen Brothers classic O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Joining Dan Tyminski on this October 8 show is Ronnie Bowman, three-time winner of IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year and chart-topping songwriter for such country music mainstays as Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, and Kenny Chesney.

Sara Watkins will also perform on this October 8 Mountain Stage. Watkins has an impressive resume as fiddler and founding member of the progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek, touring percussionist for The Decemberists, and acoustic roots member of the super group I’m With Her (alongside Sarah Jarosz and Aofie O’Donovan).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0ph_roNbs

More acts for this October 8 show will be announced in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out the rest of our great shows we have coming up in October, including October 16 at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston with Foy Vance, Amanda Shires, Carsie Blanton, Chris Kasper, and Oh Pep!.

Stay up to date on Mountain Stage show news and ticket deals by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr and signing up for our e-mail newsletter. And if you’re looking for a new soundtrack between now and then, subscribe to the Mountain Stage podcast on iTunes.

Mountain Stage Acts Nominated for 2016 Americana Music Awards

The 2016 Americana Music Awards nominations are in! We’re proud to see so many of Mountain Stage’s guests on the list. Click on the artist’s name to hear their recent performance on Mountain Stage.

Congratulations to the nominees who will perform on Mountain Stage in the coming weeks, including Parker Millsap (Album of the Year) and Lake Street Dive (Americana Duo / Group of the Year)! We can’t wait to see these emerging Americana stars return to the Mountain Stage May 22 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston and June 5 at the Clay Center in Charleston. Ticket and artist information is available at mountainstage.org.

Another shout-out to Mountain Stage alumni who have racked up 2016 Americana Music Award nominations, including Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams, Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Milk Carton Kids, Tedeschi Trucks Band (here playing as the Derek Trucks Band), John Moreland, Cindy Cashdollar, Stuart Duncan, Jedd Hughes (here playing with Rodney Crowell) and Sara Watkins.

Missed hearing these talented folks on Mountain Stage? Make sure to subscribe (and rate/review) the Mountain Stage podcast on iTunes and sign-up for our email newsletter for future show announcements! You might just hear/see the next big artist before they start grabbin’ Americana Awards.

Good luck to all the nominees! And if you haven’t already, go out and hear some live music wherever you are just as soon as you can.

Mountain Stage After Midnight: Booker T. Jones, Lake Street Dive & Brett Dennen

Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Soul’n’roll rocker Booker T. Jones, indie pop darlings Lake Street Dive and folk singer-songwriter Brett Dennen walk onto a stage… If that story doesn’t ring a bell, you’re in for a treat on this week’s Mountain Stage After Midnight.

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.

Set your alarms for late Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9 for some killer sets on Mountain Stage After Midnight.

We’ll hear a November 2011 show at WVU’s Creative Arts Center featuring Booker T Jones, Lake Street Dive, Jill Sobule, The Spring Standards and Kenny White.

We’ll also hear a May 2006 show featuring the musical talents of Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings with Sara Watkins, Glen Phillips, Eric Lindell, Pieta Brown and Brett Dennen.

Want to hear more from Mounain Stage? Check out our live show schedule and be a part of our next recording! Listen to our 24-7 stream of archived shows (that you can’t hear anywhere else). You can also tell us your favorite Mountain Stage memories on social media (find and follow us @mountainstage on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram). And if you want Larry and the Mountain Stage crew to bring the party to you, contact your local public radio station and request the show be recorded in your neck of the woods.

Mountain Stage After Midnight- March 28 & 29

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.

Relive a May 2009 show featuring Martin Sexton (who’s coming back to the Mountain Stage this April!), Ruthie Foster, Yarn, Meaghan Smith and Rocco DeLuca & The Burden.

We’ll also hear a June 2009 show featuring The Lovell Sisters, Doyle Lawson, Steve Earle, King Wilkie and Sara Watkins.

The Lovell Sisters (now known as Larkin Poe) on the Mountain Stage in 2009

Whether you’re out or about, Mountain Stage’s there to help you rock out. Keep up with us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram. Get the latest show announcements and ticket deals with our email newsletter. You can even hear a 24/7 stream of archived Mountain Stage sets (made possible by your support)! And if Mountain Stage isn’t carried in your area, consider contacting your public radio station to let them know how much Larry Groce and the crew mean to you!