Mountain Blog

Thanks to everyone who came to see us record episode #708 last Sunday. That show goes out to radioland December 4, so keep an eye on our Broadcast Schedule and List of Affiliates for airtime in your area. Our thanks to WPA, Cadillac Sky, Federico Aubele, Chip Taylor and Sam & Ruby for being our guests and everyone in the audience who came to hear some live music.

We're back at the Culture Center Theater here in Charleston again this Sunday, November 15 with another all-star show, starting at 7pm. Mountain Stage welcomes Sister Hazel for the first time, and we look forward to seeing a good friend, Eric Bibb, again. Brett Dennen was with us once before and two more new comers to our stage, Madison Violet and a sure-fire party-starters, Vagabond Opera, will be with us. We've made it easy for you to read up on each guest and provided links to their individual sites, as well as links to tickets and our upcoming shows-Just read our Setting the Stage newsletter.(PDF format)

Tickets for this Sunday's live presentation, and all our other upcoming recordings, are ON- SALE HERE. We will also have advance tickets for our November 22 and 29 shows in Charleston at the box office this Sunday- advance tickets make great gifts!

Madison Violet were featured in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, which you can read here. Keep an eye on the Mountain Stage Blog for some more articles on this weekend's show.

We've got all new sets up at NPR Music, featuring Regina Spektor and Yo La Tengo. Colin Hay, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and many more are also featured. Visit our NPR Music page for the complete list and stay tuned this week for sets from Will Hoge, Great Lake Swimmers and Sonny Landreth.

Below is the latest in our "Backstage at Mountain Stage" web series, featuring an interview and live performance by Yo La Tengo. The group appeared on our show 18 years ago and returned in 2009 to play songs from their latest CD, Popular Songs. They took a few minutes to speak with Larry Groce in Morgantown, WV.

Finally we'd like to welcome a new addition to our list of affiliates, KXT out of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Our host Larry Groce grew up in the Dallas area and we're happy to bring the fruits of his labor back to his home state. KXT listeners can hear Mountain Stage Thursdays and Sundays at 11 am. You can also stream their programming by clicking HERE.