
Mountain Stage
Sunday at 8pm
Mountain Stage offers the best seats in the house for performances captured in front of a live audience by established stars and emerging artists. It's a two-hour weekly exploration of the exciting and spontaneous world of live music, offering intelligent, contemporary music seasoned with traditional and roots performers.
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This week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage features a pickers paradise as we’re treated to sets from J2B2, the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, plus the GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass group Della Mae, 2019 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year Tray Wellington and his band, plus a duo set from Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and topical singer-songwriter Crys Matthews.
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Wilco will make their fourth appearance on Mountain Stage with a special extended set Sunday April 30 at the Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, OH. Tickets are $25-35, and will be on sale Friday, January 20 at 10a.m. EST.Friday, January 20th also sees the LP and CD release of Wilco’s 12th album, Cruel Country, deemed one of the best of 2022 by The New York Times, NPR Music, Rolling Stone and others.
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This week's encore episode of Mountain Stage features The Steel Wheels, Miko Marks, Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz, Scott Cook and The Whitmore Sisters.
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Listen: West Virginia Indie-Rocker William Matheny Has Our Mountain Stage Song of the Week From 2021This week's encore episode was recorded without an audience thanks to a gnarly snowstorm. We'll hear sets from songwriter, singer, performer and producer Matthew E. White, Louisville, Kentucky's roots-rockers Bendigo Fletcher, singer/songwriter Andrea Von Kampen, West Virginia's own William Matheny, and the innovative banjo sounds of Tall Tall Trees. Join us starting Jan. 6 on your favorite NPR Music affiliate.
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This weekend we look back to the beginning of our 39th year as host Kathy Mattea welcomes Josh Ritter, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, Dori Freeman, Oshima Brothers, and Jake Xerxes Fussell. Hear the show starting Dec. 30 on our Mountain Stage radio affiliates.
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This weekend, we revisit our 38th anniversary show from 2021. Host Kathy Mattea welcomes Joshua Radin, Stephen Kellogg, Nefesh Mountain and Mink’s Miracle Medicine. Join the celebration on this week’s episode starting Dec. 23 on our Mountain Stage affiliate stations.
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This week's episode of Mountain Stage was recorded in Boston, Massachusetts with Rosanne Cash, Loudon Wainwright III, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Ali McGuirk.
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This week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage features the powerful and soulful rock of The War And Treaty. We also hear an energetic and rousing performance from The Nth Power, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s horn-laden rockers The Commonheart, plus violinist and songwriter Deni Bonet, and indie-pop from The A's.
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This week's broadcast was recorded in 2017 with Drive-By Truckers, Paul Kelly, Jessica Lea Mayfield, James Maddock and Daniel Norgren.
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We have an archive special episode this weekend from 2013 featuring The Del McCoury Band, The Travelin' McCourys with Keller Williams, Mandolin Orange, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and Susan Werner.