Mountain Blog

Don't forget that tickets for our upcoming Live Shows go on sale Monday, August 23 at 10am. Tickets for our Charleston shows (Oct.10 and Nov. 14) are available by phone at 800.594.TIXX or at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston, and Online.  

Tickets for our October 31 trip to Buckhannon, WV are available online and by phone at 800.594.TIXX.

Tickets for shows at the WVU Creative Arts Center (Oct. 3 and Nov. 7) are available at TickeTmaster.com, 304.293.SHOW, or at the Mountain Lair box office on the campus of WVU.

Visit our Live Show Schedule for more and get all the ticket information HERE.

This week’s radio broadcast is an encore episode featuring Regina Spektor, Yo La Tengo, Will Hoge, Great Lake Swimmers and Sonny Landreth. Check out the Playlist and head over to our Affiliates page where you can find a station and air-time in your area. 

This encore is dedicated to Daniel Cho, the cellist and quartet leader for Spektor’s band who passed away tragically July 6. He was an accomplished performer and in-demand studio player whose credits include Coldplay, Katy Perry and John Mayer. He was also a frequent ESPN Soccernet contributor and devoted family man. There is a memorial page set up in his honor and Mountain Stage sends our best to his young family. 

As always, we have a preview of the show on our Song of the Week page. This week we feature Regina Spektor’s thought-provoking “Laughing With,” from her CD “Far.”

Whadaya need when you’re 8,000 feet high on Mount Fuji, at a near-zero degree centigrade summit? Our friend Mike Kappus took along his Mountain Stage sweatshirt to help stave off the altitude chill on his second trip to the peak. Mike, who is the head honcho at the Rosebud Agency, made his first excursion up Mount Fuji 20 years ago to celebrate his 40^th birthday. We bet he’ll be doing this again in another 20 years-hopefully with a new Mountain Stage garment.

Thanks for taking Mountain Stage with you, Mike!