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News & Notes for May 11

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By Mountain Stage

· May 11, 2009

Chris Morris

Martin Sexton

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our live recording last night at the Cultural Center. There are some pictures up on our MySpace page, thanks to Chris Morris of Music in Motion Promotions. If you were in the audience, you can hear yourself, along with Martin Sexton, Rocco DeLuca & the Burden, Yarn, Ruthie Foster and Meaghan Smith during the weekend of July 10-12 in most areas.

Click here for our broadcast schedule and here for a list of stations in your area.

Chris Morris

Rocco DeLuca

Here is Rocco DeLuca & the Burden, a slide-guitar/drums duo with a little space-age manipulation by Bryan Ritchie. They blew away the crowd with tracks from their latest, Mercy, produced by Daniel Lanois.

Chris Morris

First ever intermission at Mountain Stage? No, first ever Fire Alarm.

About mid-way through the set by YARN the building had to be evacuated when the fire-alarm began blaring throughout the Cultural Center. Thankfully it was a false-alarm and everyone was back inside with the music back underway in about 15 minutes. Thanks for sticking around!

I asked our photographer Brian Blauser if this had ever happened to him. "NEVER!" he said matter-of-factly. There's a first time for everything.

Jim Herrington

Steve Earle & Townes Van Zandt

We never dwell too long on one show because there is always another in our sights. We'll put the band and crew on a bus June 7 and head to Princeton, WV for a 7 pm show at the new Chuck Mathena Center.

There we'll meet up with our guests for the evening, Mr. Steve Earle, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, King Wilkie, the Lovell Sisters and Sara Watkins of Nickelcreek. Tickets are on sale now and are available by phone at 877.425.5128.

Steve Earle's latest CD Townes, available TOMORROW May 12, is the subject of a great New York Times article you can find HERE. The promotional efforts continue on to the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS Wednesday night, May 13. Check your local listings.

Brian Blauser

Mike Mattison, Yonrico Scott & Derek Trucks, Feb. 15, 2009

DTB on NPR Music - Those of you who tuned in to the radio this past weekend heard the Derek Trucks Band, whose set is being featured today over at NPR Music. Streaming audio, recorded LIVE, from Lenka, Dr. Dog, Jeff Ellis and Scrapomatic are all in-store for this week!

Stay tuned and don't get left out on the live music.

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