Mountain Stage On Demand

Join us starting Friday, July 1 for an encore episode of Mountain Stage hosted by Kathy Mattea with performances by Rodney Crowell, Colin Hay, Amy Speace, Jordan Tice, and Nobody's Girl.

This week’s episode features performances from Steve Earle & the Dukes, Malcolm Holcombe, John R. Miller, Rachel Baiman, and Mary Hott featuring The Carpenter Ants. Listen this week on your NPR affiliate.

Tune in this week for performances from Amy Helm, Chris Pierce, The Suitcase Junket, Christian Lopez and Erin & The Wildfire. Listen starting Friday, June 17 on select NPR affiliates.

This week's broadcast features performances from Paul Thorn, Amythyst Kia, Jess Jocoy, Anna Lynch and John Ellison featuring The Carpenter Ants

This week's encore broadcast goes back to April 2021 for a special celebration of Huntington, West Virginia's 150th anniversary. We recorded in an outdoor football stadium, with engaging performances from St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Shemekia Copeland, AJ Croce and Ona. We also have a very special recitation from West Virginia's Poet Laureate, Marc Harshman.

Another archive edition is in store for Mountain Stage listeners this week, recorded in 2002, with an all-star line-up with legendary acoustic guitarist Doc Watson. We’ll also hear sets from Tony Rice & Peter Rowan, Maura O’Connell, Blue Highway, Mike Seeger, and a trio of Appalachian traditional musicians Kirk Judd, Mike Bing and John Blisard.

This week on Mountain Stage, we are going back in time to the year 2001 for a star-studded episode from our archives. We’ll hear performances from country music’s beloved vocalist Patty Loveless, the widely adored bluegrass standard bearers Alison Krauss & Union Station, Candadian alt-pop icons Crash Test Dummies, and an acoustic set from singer and songwriter Irene Kelley. Join us starting Friday, May 20 on our Mountain Stage affiliate stations.

Join us this weekend for Mountain Stage as Kathy Mattea welcomes back Sarah Harmer, who has her first new album in 10 years. We'll also hear from Ohio roots-folk artist Arlo McKinley, old-time acoustic set from Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle, plus songwriter Taylor Rae and West Virginia bassist, singer and songwriter John Inghram and his band.

This week's broadcast was recorded on campus of Ohio University with the help of our affiliate WOUB Public Media. We'll hear performances from Rissi Palmer, Cheryl Wheeler, Joslyn & the Sweet Compression, Maia Sharp, and Kenny White. Join us starting Friday May 6 on our NPR Music affiliates.

This week’s Mountain Stage features performances by progressive-roots band River Whyless, jazzy pop singer Kat Edmonson, Haitian troupe Lakou Mizik, piano and keyboard master Neal Francis, and guitarist, singer, and songwriter Margaret Glaspy. Join us on our NPR Music affiliates starting Friday, April 29.

Eight-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne returns to Mountain Stage for the ninth time on this week’s broadcast, along with songwriter and singer Griffin House, modern alt-country ring-leaders Abby Hamilton and 49 Winchester, and the driven rock sound of Dave Hause & the Mermaid.

This week's broadcast features a special appearance from folk-icon Janis Ian, recorded on her last tour. We also hear from Italian guitarist and singer Beppe Gambetta, Canadian/Columbian artist Lido Pimienta, New England based alt-folk songwriter Philip B. Price, and Morgantown, West Virginia's own Chris Haddox.