West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s live performance radio show Mountain Stage released new compilation album called Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers.

Available everywhere through Oh Boy Records, the album features a collection of live performances from various artists captured during Mountain Stage tapings over the past four decades, including Margo Price, John Prine, Birds of Chicago featuring Allison Russell, Sierra Ferrell, Jason Isbell, and Molly Tuttle among many others.

Mountain Stage shared the first look of the compilation at the top of the year with Wilco performing a cover of “Space Oddity” from their appearance on the show in 2016. It was released on what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday on January 8th.

It was followed by the release of the Indigo Girls performing their classic hit “Closer To Fine” from their appearance on the show in 2002. The duo spoke with Rolling Stone who debuted the track and stated, “Mountain Stage is a fantastic eclectic show, and we’ve loved playing it over the years, especially because we got to share the stage with world class musicians and singers hootenanny style. So, it’s an honor that they put ‘Closer to Fine’ on their 40th Anniversary compilation.”

Mountain Stage also shared a recording of Rhiannon Giddens performing “Black is the Color” from her 2015 album Tomorrow Is My Turn and captured during her appearance on the show in 2015 at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV.

Since its inception in 1983, Mountain Stage has become an institution, standing as one of the most beloved and enduring programs in public radio history, broadcasting thousands of unforgettable live performances by rising stars and veteran legends alike. Produced out of the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, Mountain Stage is heard weekly on over 250 public radio stations nationwide. Each two-hour episode of Mountain Stage is recorded in front of an audience and features a variety of musical styles, in genres ranging from traditional roots, folk, blues, and country, to indie rock, alternative, synth pop, world music, and beyond. Some of their most iconic guests over the years have included John Prine, The Band, Odetta, Wilco, R.E.M., Angélique Kidjo, Phish, Pops and Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss, Townes Van Zandt, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Miriam Makeba, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Now celebrating over 40 years of shows, Mountain Stage is the second longest running nationally distributed performance radio show, behind only the Grand Ole Opry. Its legacy has earned recent praise from NPR’s Here & Now, Relix, Pollstar, and Rolling Stone who raved, “40 years is not only a milestone. It’s also a testament to the blood, sweat, and tears of building something from nothing – one listener and one station at a time,” while Garden & Gun lauded “the live performance show has been a must-stop for countless musicians in the American roots music scene and beyond.”

Last year, Mountain Stage celebrated its 40th Anniversary season, becoming the second longest running nationally distributed performance radio show, behind only the Grand Ole Opry. Their legacy has earned recent praise from NPR’s Here & Now, Relix, Pollstar, and Rolling Stone who raved, “40 years is not only a milestone. It’s also a testament to the blood, sweat, and tears of building something from nothing – one listener and one station at a time,” while Garden & Gun lauded “the live performance show has been a must-stop for countless musicians in the American roots music scene and beyond.”