Mountain Stage Radio Show

01/31/2025

Enjoy Mountain Stage from home, on the road, or as part of our live audience!

Check out the livestream, or pick up your tickets to see The Headhunters, Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters, David Berkeley, more on Mountain Stage this Sunday, Feb. 2.

Discover new and emerging artists, watch videos and live stream rare in-studio performances and concerts, all curated by Public Radio's best music radio stations.

01/31/2025

This week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage begins today on an affiliate station near you! Guest host David Mayfield welcomes Ruthie Foster, Charlie Mars, The Wandering Hearts, Fellow Pynins, and Rebecca Porter.

Recorded LIVE at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, WV https://bit.ly/3EsOF8q

01/30/2025

Our Song of the Week is by the versatile Austin, Texas-based vocal powerhouse Ruthie Foster. The three-time Grammy winner performed “Healing Time,” the upbeat title song from her ninth studio album LIVE on Mountain Stage.

LISTEN: https://wvpublic.org/listen-ruthie-foster-has-the-mountain-stage-song-of-the-week-2/

01/29/2025

Our friends at Sullivan's Records are giving away a pair of tickets for this Sunday’s show. Check out their post for more details about how to enter to win.

🎟️ TICKET GIVEAWAY 🎟️

This week's Mountain Stage show on Sunday, Feb 2 is stacked with great artists (as per usual) and we're excited to give away TWO FREE TICKETS! Rules: 1. Follow and ; 2. Comment below on this post! We'll pick a winner on Friday, Jan 31.

One group on the lineup we'd like to highlight is Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters. 🍯 The Asheville-based Americana crew are festival favorites, and their most recent album - The Ones That Stay - was produced by Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog. TOTS is a gem-filled piece of classic country art and has received rave reviews from industry voices and lovers of indie folk alike. We have their record in store, along with Mountain Stage's "Outlaws and Outliers." Open today 12-6PM!

01/29/2025

We can't wait to visit Rochester, NY to record this episode of Mountain Stage with host Kathy Mattea, Loudon Wainwright III, Janiva Magness, John Ellison Music & Joe Beard, and more!

Tickets are on sale now for Eastman Presents: Mountain Stage Radio Show at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, part of Concerts at the Eastman School of Music We can't wait!

Guests announced so far: Loudon Wainwright III, Janiva Magness, and Joe Beard & John Ellison.

Special thanks to our lead sponsor Two Point Capital Management and supporting sponsor Rohrbach Brewing Company.

Tickets >> https://bit.ly/MountainStage_ESM

01/29/2025

🎺ARTIST UPDATE: Joachim Cooder is no longer able to perform this Sunday, but will be rescheduled soon.

Powerful lyricist Crys Matthews will now join us this Sunday, Feb. 2 in Charleston, WV! Matthews’ statement of purpose is “to amplify the voices of the unheard, to shed light on the unseen, and to be a steadfast reminder that hope and love are the truest pathways to equity and justice.”

Tickets & full lineup here: https://bit.ly/4aBryVk

01/28/2025

This past Sunday, we recorded a new episode of Mountain Stage with an incredible lineup of artists and a sold out crowd to kick off our 2025 season!

Mark Carter also delivered a special proclamation from Roger Hanshaw Speaker of the WV House of Delegates, declaring Jan. 26, 2025 as Stephen Wilson Jr. Day.

Thank you to all of artists who joined us!
Oliver Wood
Stephen Wilson Jr.
Dar Williams
TopHouse
Cloud Cult

This episode will go to broadcast starting March 28 on over 260 public radio stations across the nation!

📸: Chris Morris

01/27/2025

Never miss a Sunday show in Charleston, WV! The Headhunters, a jazz fusion band formed by the one and only Herbie Hancock, join us on Feb. 2 at the Culture Center Theater with David Berkeley, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, Buffalo Rose, and more.

Get your tix to be a part of our live radio audience heard around the world! https://bit.ly/3E5kMei

01/26/2025

The leg lamp is on, and the stage is set! We are excited to kick off our home shows with a sold out audience at the Culture Center Theater.

Host Kathy Mattea will welcome Oliver Wood, Stephen Wilson Jr., Dar Williams, TopHouse, and Cloud Cult to record episode 1,050.

🌹 These beautiful limited edition posters will be for sale at tonight’s merch table.

01/26/2025

On this week's encore episode, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Bettye LaVette, Keller Williams, Kim Richey, The Langan Band, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family — recorded live at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, OH.

Broadcasting on WVPB on Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 12pm.

https://mountainstage.org/from-athens-ohio-bettye-lavette-keller-williams-kim-richey-the-langan-band-megan-jeans-secret-family/

01/24/2025

Unable to join us in person this Sunday? Tune in to the livestream starting at 7pm ET to enjoy the show from wherever you may be!

https://livesessions.npr.org/live/mountain-stage-with-oliver-wood

01/24/2025

🎺 Tickets for some of our recently announced shows are now on sale to the public!

APRIL 13 | Charleston, WV - Jeff Tweedy, JOHNNYSWIM, Oliva Ellen Lloyd + more

MAY 11 | Charleston, WV - Medium Build, Susan Werner, The Arcadian Wild, Maya de Vitry + more

MAY 18 | Charleston, WV - Dan Tyminski, Darrell Scott, I Draw Slow, Jacob Jolliff Band + more

Tickets & full schedule: https://mountainstage.org/upcoming-live-shows/

01/24/2025

🎺 Artist Announcement
Jonny Fritz will return to Mountain Stage on March 9th when he joins MC Taylor and Taylor Goldsmith for the MC Taylor Goldsmith tour.

Tickets are now on sale: https://buff.ly/3DiG9Zi

01/23/2025

Our Song of the Week comes from Ohio University alum and Nashville singer-songwriter Kim Richey.

Making her seventh appearance on the show in the town where she attended college, Richey performed the emotionally appropriate “A Place Called Home,” which appeared on her 2002 album Rise.

On this week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, you'll hear performances from Bettye LaVette, Kim Richey, Keller Williams, The Langan Band, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family. This episode was recorded live at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, Ohio with our friends at Oh...

01/23/2025

Throwback to April 1996 when The Band made their second appearance on Mountain Stage.

🎧Listen to their full set on the Mountain Stage YouTube page

01/22/2025

If you are as bummed as we are that the weather canceled this past weekend's Mountain Stage Radio Show 😔 be sure to check out the artists who will be performing Feb. 16. ➡️https://www.events.wvu.edu/uas-24-25/mstage-feb2025

01/22/2025

We just released a small handful of tickets for Sunday's show-- Get them while they last!

We hope to release a few more on show day, so keep your eyes pealed.

Be a part of the live audience as Mountain Stage records a fresh episode for NPR Music with Kathy Mattea!   GUEST ARTISTS: Oliver Wood, TopHouse,

01/22/2025

🎺 🎫 We will release a handful of tickets for our Jan. 26 show with Oliver Wood and more tomorrow at 10am ET! https://bit.ly/4hmpRNz

These will go quickly, but we also plan to release more tickets on the day of the show.