Listen: Aoife O'Donovan on NPR's Mountain Stage
Spellbinding folk with a captivating voice. It would only make sense for such a performance by Aoife O'Donovan to be titled "Magic Hour," one of the many songs we'll preview on this week's Mountain...
View ArticleJanuary 16, 1892: Activist Robert Simmons Dies
Robert Simmons died at his Parkersburg home on January 16, 1892. A free black man during the days of slavery, he moved to Parkersburg in 1841 and earned a living as a barber. He and his wife Sarah...
View ArticleListen: John Paul White on NPR's Mountain Stage
Once part of the Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars , Southern folk musician John Paul White returns to the Mountain Stage to perform cuts from his new solo release Beulah, including the atmospheric...
View ArticleJanuary 23, 1888: Labor Leader Fred Mooney Born
Labor leader Fred Mooney was born in Kanawha County on January 23, 1888. At age 13, he began working in coal mines as a trapper boy. Six years later, at the young age of 19, he became...
View ArticleListen: Iron & Wine on NPR's Mountain Stage
An ear for cinematic folk music, critically-acclaimed singer Iron & Wine performs "We Two are a Moon" during his Mountain Stage debut from the show's 33rd anniversary celebration.
View ArticleJanuary 30, 1895: Mingo County Formed
West Virginia’s youngest county came into existence on January 30, 1895, when the legislature created Mingo County from Logan County. When West Virginia entered the Union in 1863, it had 50 counties....
View ArticleListen: Piers Faccini on Mountain Stage
Piers Faccini is an English singer-songwriter with Anglo-Italian and Jewish roots who currently resides in Southern France. His music is just as storied as his past, blending folk, acoustic blues, and...
View ArticleFebruary 7, 1732: General Charles Lee Born in England
General Charles Lee was born in England on February 7, 1732. As a young man, he served with distinction in the British army before immigrating to America in the early 1770s. When the Revolutionary War...
View ArticleListen: Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer on NPR's Mountain Stage
On this week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage , West Virginia super pickers Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer return with a new self-released record in tow titled Music from the Mountains ,...
View ArticleListen: Andrew Bird on Mountain Stage
O n this week's encore Mountain Stage broadcast, critically-acclaimed "one-man orchestra of the imagination" Andrew Bird stops by with a set full of acoustic roots-pop (not to mention some A+ whistling).
View ArticleListen: Pokey LaFarge on NPR's Mountain Stage
"An aural anachronism of country, Western swing, ragtime, jazz, bluegrass and Americana [that] brings the nostalgia to Technicolor-life," critically-acclaimed Mid-Westerner Pokey LaFarge performs a...
View ArticleListen: Margo Price Has Our Song of the Week
C ountry music's reigning honky-tonk queen, Margo Price, performs "Hurtin' (on the Bottle)" from this week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage with Larry Groce.
View ArticleListen: Judith Owen on NPR's Mountain Stage
If Judith Owen had not gone off to become a powerhouse singer-songwriter, she could have easily become a full-time humorist with her sharp wit and self-deprecating charm. For her fourth appearance on...
View ArticleListen: Tim O'Brien on NPR's Mountain Stage
No stranger to the Mountain Stage , acclaimed singer-songwriter and West Virginia native Tim O'Brien makes his returns to the program with a set of songs from the Mountain State, including this cover...
View ArticleListen: The Stray Birds on NPR's Mountain Stage
One of the best break-out Americana acts out of the Keystone State, Pennsylvania trio The Stray Birds return to the Mountain Stage with this radio-ready performance of their tune "Radio." Catch it on...
View ArticleListen: Nancy And Beth (Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt) on NPR's Mountain...
Singing-dancing-acting duo Nancy And Beth (a.k.a actresses Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt) made their Mountain Stage debut in grand style with songs from their self-titled first release. While their...
View ArticleListen: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn on NPR's Mountain Stage
Lovingly referred to as The First Family of the Banjo, partners in love, life and music Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn join us on the Mountain Stage for an extended set during this week's encore...
View ArticleListen: Bruce Cockburn on Mountain Stage
In the fall of 2017, Bruce Cockburn joined Neil Young in being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Our Song of the Week, "Lovers In a Dangerous Time," helps justify that distinction,...
View ArticleListen: St. Paul & the Broken Bones on Mountain Stage
A throwback to classic southern soul music from a modern-day band, our Song of the Week comes from Alabama's St. Paul & the Broken Bones. Making their second appearance on Mountain Stage with songs...
View ArticleListen: Robert Cray Band on Mountain Stage
First released by Bill Withers in 1974, "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" has been covered by artists like Diana Ross, Al Jarreau and Joan Osborne. This week, it's our Song of the Week performed by...
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