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West Virginia Public Broadcasting presents live concerts: folk, country and the blues
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Sam Weber on Mountain Stage

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Sam Weber shares tunes from first two full-length albums including his latest, Get Free.

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Rachel Baiman on Mountain Stage

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Rachel Baiman shares a four-song set from her latest album, Cycles.

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Todd Snider on Mountain Stage

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Todd Snider makes his 16th appearance on the Mountain Stage.

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St. Paul & The Broken Bones on Mountain Stage

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St. Paul & The Broken Bones helps Mountain Stage kick off its first live show in 14 months.

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Corey Harris on Mountain Stage

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In 2007, was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship Genius grant for unearthing and sharing that rich, connected history of the blues and its African roots.

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Lera Lynn on Mountain Stage

In the four-song visit Lynn tossed in songs from three fresh albums, including a new one set to release this spring.

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Colin Hay on Mountain Stage

Colin Hay shares songs that helped him cope with the loneliness of the pandemic.

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Chris Pierce on Mountain Stage

Chris Pierce brings to the Mountain Stage a gripping selection of songs from his album American Silence.

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Ruthie Foster on Mountain Stage

Ruthie Foster makes a return to the Mountain Stage.

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Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

In September, Hayes Carll stopped by Mountain Stage with songs from his latest album, You Get It All.

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Amythyst Kiah on Mountain Stage

Amythyst Kiah comes to the Mountain Stage with songs from her debut album Wary + Strange

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North Mississippi Allstars on Mountain Stage

The North Mississippi Allstars — led by brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson — stop by the Mountain Stage.

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Asleep At The Wheel on Mountain Stage

In October 2020, Asleep At The Wheel joined a special Mountain Stage roadshow at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

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Frank Vignola and Tommy Emmanuel on Mountain Stage

Longtime friends Frank Vignola and Tommy Emmanuel riff and romp their way through their guitar set on Mountain Stage.

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Bahamas on Mountain Stage

Bahamas marks his second performance at Mountain Stage with songs from his latest album, Sad Hunk.

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Sunny War on Mountain Stage

Folk-punk guitar phenom Sunny War stops by Mountain Stage.

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Ani DiFranco on Mountain Stage

Ani DiFranco makes her seventh appearance on Mountain Stage on the heels of her 22nd album, Revolutionary Love.

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Rodney Crowell On Mountain Stage

Two-time Grammy Award winner Rodney Crowell stops by Mountain Stage for the fifth time to share new songs and old favorites.

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Steve Earle & The Dukes on Mountain Stage

Celebrated country outlaw Steve Earle brings songs of love, loss, and coal country to Mountain Stage.

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Amy Helm On Mountain Stage

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Multi-instrumentalist Amy Helm made her second appearance as a solo artist on Mountain Stage bringing with her an ace band to share gifts from her third solo album, What the Flood Leaves Behind.

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Paul Thorn On Mountain Stage

On his latest album Never Too Late to Call, singer-songwriter Paul Thorn is pulling back the curtain and showing his softer side. Here, he performs six songs, most of them new.

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Mountain Stage Hosts First Concert In More Than A Year

Blues singer Shemekia Copeland joined Mountain Stage for its first concert in front of a live audience in 14 months.

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Foy Vance On Mountain Stage

We revisit the Northern Irish singer-songwriter's set from 2016.

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Sarah Jarosz On Mountain Stage

Revisit a classic Mountain Stage performance by the Americana singer-songwriter.

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