This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage is a special episode featuring songs that represent the four seasons of the year. You'll hear live performances by Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, Susan Werner, Molly Tuttle, Taj Mahal, Norah Jones and many more.
Mountain Stage After Midnight: Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Todd Burge
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Between the two of them, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn have appeared on Mountain Stage over 15 times in the last twenty years. Until the First Family of the Banjo make their next appearance on the show (get to writing, Bela/Abby!), we’ll go ahead and listen back to their past pick’n tunes on 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 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Tune in this Saturday July 4 and Sunday July 5 for some great tunes on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
We’ll hear a March 2006 show featuring Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Lynn Miles, Gus Black, Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca and Teddy Thompson.
Another show comes from November 2006, this time recorded at the Tamarack Conference Center in Beckley, WV. Guest artists include Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet, Bearfoot, Jim Lauderdale, Todd Burge, The Klezmatics and Doug & Shelley Harper.
This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage is a special episode featuring songs that represent the four seasons of the year. You'll hear live performances by Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, Susan Werner, Molly Tuttle, Taj Mahal, Norah Jones and many more.
Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care. However, a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a national crisis. While official foster care cases are carefully tracked, many informal examples of kinship care aren’t part of the data. For this Us & Them episode, we hear the experiences of those who’ve been part of the foster care system.
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WVPB's Matt Jackfert speaks with harper, composer and producer Maeve Gilchrist. They discuss her compositions, the Silkroad Ensemble and the group's upcoming performance.