• LISTEN: Robert Earl Keen Has Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
    This week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage features a very special performance from Texas music legend Robert Earl Keen, who joined us on his final tour this past summer.
  • LISTEN: James McMurtry Has Our Song Of The Week — 'Vaquero'
    This week’s brand-new episode of Mountain Stage features one of Americana music’s most heralded and admired writers, James McMurtry. He'll perform songs from his latest album, The Horses and the Hounds, on New West Records. We also get a set of enchanting new music from Aoife O’Donovan, a high-energy performance from the effervescent Sammy Rae […]
  • Listen: We Banjo 3 Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
    Our fall season continues with a fresh episode featuring Ireland’s We Banjo 3, Memphis’ modern soul band Southern Avenue, eclectic rock band Cordovas, Canadian acoustic blues man Matt Andersen, and the folk rock diva from New Orleans, Lilli Lewis. Join us on these public radio stations starting Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.
  • LISTEN: Nellie McKay Has Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
    The new fall season of Mountain Stage begins this weekend with our latest episode featuring Martin Sexton, Nellie McKay, Joseph, Abe Partridge, and Cave Twins. Join us on these NPR stations starting this Friday, Sept. 9.
  • Listen: Los Lobos Have Our Song Of The Week, Recorded In 2002
    This week’s Mountain Stage is another Archive Special to round out our summer programming. We’ll hear performances from seminal East Los Angeles rockers Los Lobos, performing songwriters Kevin Welch, Neil Halsted, and Stacey Earle with Mark Stuart, and blues guitarist and vocalist Joanna Connor and her band.
  • THIS SUNDAY: Mountain Stage In Charleston With Laurie Lewis, Maya de Vitry And More
    Tickets are still available for this Sunday's Mountain Stage taping in Charleston, W.Va. You can be a part of the radio audience as we record for NPR Music at the Culture Center Theater on the state capitol grounds at 7p.m. EST.
  • LISTEN: Holly Cole Has Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week From 2002
    This week’s broadcast is a Mountain Stage Archive Special, recorded in Huntington, West Virginia in 2002. The jazz-inflected line-up includes saxophonist Joe Lovano, renowned jazz violinist Johnny Frigo, modern zydeco troupe Sean Ardoin & Zydekool, genre-crossing vocal/guitar jazz duo Tuck and Patti, and sensational vocalist Holly Cole. Tune in starting Aug. 26 on our NPR […]
  • LISTEN: 'I See The Moon' By North Mississippi Allstars Is Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
    This week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage features performances from North Mississippi Allstars, Cedric Burnside, Kate Vargas, Corey Harris and Jonah Tolchin. Tune in starting Friday, Aug. 19 on more than 280 NPR stations across the country.
  • Listen: Stephanie Lambring's Powerful 'Pretty' Is Our Song Of The Week From Mountain Stage
    This week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage with host Kathy Mattea features bluegrass favorites The SteelDrivers, Pokey Lafarge, alt-pop songwriter Seth Glier, country-tinged songwriter Stephanie Lambring and modern finger-style guitarist Yasmin Williams. Listen starting this Friday, August 12 on these NPR stations to hear the entire show.
  • LISTEN: Tim O’Brien Has Our Song Of The Week, Recorded At The Kennedy Center
    This week’s encore episode was recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Mountain Stage and host Kathy Mattea were a part of the Center’s 50th Anniversary Season, and welcomed Texas Swing legends Asleep at the Wheel, soul-blues singer Ruthie Foster, multi-cultural folk singer Leyla McCalla, indie-pop songwriter Carsie […]