This week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded on the campus of West Virginia University at the Canady Creative Arts Center. On this episode, we hear live performances from Duke Robillard Band, Cedric Burnside, Sam Weber, Las Cafeteras, and The Black Feathers.
A pinch of folk, a dash of soul and a good dollop of bluegrass. Mix it all together and what do you get? 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 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners. Each week we’ll hand-pick two of our favorite episodes that’ll alternate order each night.
Tune in this Saturday January 24 and Sunday January 25 for a good ol’ time on “Mountain Stage After Midnight.”
First up is a January 2006 that features performances from old-time Appalachian band The Biscuit Burners, country singer-songwriter Jon Randall, Americana crooner Alecia Nugent, bluegrass player Shawn Camp and “the new Queen of Bluegrass” Rhonda Vincent & the Rage.
We’ll also hear another January 2006 from the Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, West Virginia, which includes such talents as acoustic rocker Good Brother Earl, English soul singer James Hunter, alt-folk crooner Susie Suh, American soul legend Bettye LaVette and jamm’n blues group Derek Trucks Band.
Next week is Listener’s Choice! Go to Mountain Stage’s Facebook to decide which performances will air overnight weekends during West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Chocolate Challenge. For more Mountain Stage news and music, make sure to follow the show on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram and subscribe to The Mountain Stage Podcast on iTunes. Still haven’t seen Mountain Stage in person? Head to our new website to find out how when and where we’re playing next.
This week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded on the campus of West Virginia University at the Canady Creative Arts Center. On this episode, we hear live performances from Duke Robillard Band, Cedric Burnside, Sam Weber, Las Cafeteras, and The Black Feathers.
Elliott Stewart has been making zines since he was 13 years old. His ongoing zine “Porch Beers” is an incisive look at Appalachian culture, through the eyes of a queer trans man.
On this West Virginia Morning, digital devices and social media command more and more of our attention these days. Balancing this and creating healthy boundaries for increasingly younger children is becoming a bigger part of being a parent. Chris Schulz takes a look at this issue in the latest installment of, “Now What? A Series On Parenting.”
School boards have become the latest front in America’s culture wars — especially when it comes to books in school libraries that some people think are inappropriate for students. That situation has been playing out in Rockingham County, Virginia, which sits midway down the Shenandoah Valley.