UPDATE: Kathy Mattea is unable to host this Sunday's show. Bluegrass showman and
longtime friend of Mountain Stage
David Mayfield will step in as guest host for the evening.
Mountain Stage has been the home of live music on public radio for 40 years. Each
two-hour episode, produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, hosted by West
Virginia native and Grammy Award-winner Kathy Mattea and distributed by NPR
Music, can be heard weekly on more than 280 stations across America and around
the world. Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging
stars in genres ranging from folk, blues and country to indie rock, synth pop,
world music, alternative and beyond. Each episode is recorded before a live audience
and typically features performances by five artists. “Music and hospitality – that’s
what it’s all about,” Mattea told Rolling Stone in a recent interview. “And those
two things? That’s West Virginia right there.”
SCHEDULED TO PERFORM:
THE STEEL WHEELS
The Steel Wheels is an Americana band out of Harrisonburg, Virginia, with
a strong bluegrass underpinning. The group plays acoustic music with warmth, a
sense of authority and a tuneful approach that doesn't interfere with their traditional
underpinnings. The band hosts the Rest Wing Roots Music Festival in the Shenandoah
Valley yearly. The Steel Wheels remain committed to their mission of shaking up
traditions to see what sticks, telling stories and joining communities through
song.
LESLIE MENDELSON
Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson is supporting her most recent studio
album "If You Can’t Say Anything Nice ...’ as well as a solo acoustic EP "In The
Meantime," recorded during the 2020 lockdown. Described by Relix Magazine
as an artist with “a loyal, cross-generational audience that hugs the hippie, hipster,
coffee shop and society crowds,” Mendelson's timeless musicality and evocative
songwriting indeed cuts a wide swath. All Music says her music evokes “1970s songwriter
influences in the vein of Carole King and Carly Simon.”
lesliemendelson.com
PETER ONE
Peter One is an Ivorian singer/songwriter based in Nashville who mixes American folk
and country with West African traditions. There is a resolutely American bent to
the shape of Peter’s story, which reaches beyond even the musical strains and stylings
of folk and country that he has mixed together and expertly mastered—and for which
he is best known. His story is, in many ways, indistinguishable from the most classic,
inspirational immigrant narratives where folks, often against the odds, carve out
a place for themselves and their families in a new land, thereby remaking both
in the process.
peteronemusic.com
UPSTATE
Over the past eleven years, Upstate has garnered acclaim for their effortless and
genre-dodging arrangements. The band has traveled the country on a national headlining
tour and secured support slots with The Felice Brothers, Marco Benevento, Lake
Street Dive, Mt. Joy and The Wood Brothers. Their most recent album "Healing" showcases
thier adventurous blend of folk, R&B, jazz, gospel and rock and roll.
