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 DUKE ROBILLARD BAND
Duke Robillard has carved out one of blues' most illustrious legacies, while also
trodding some lofty related territories as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, bandleader,
studio sideman, producer, label operator and educator. His unsurpassed mastery
of the guitar style of T-Bone Walker (later crystallized memorably in his 2004
release "Blue Mood") was deservedly heralded, but his breadth was also head-turning–from
swing, standards and ballads to rockers, gutbucket Chicago blues and rockabilly.
CEDRIC BURNSIDE
Blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside contains within him the
legacy and future of the North Mississippi Hill Country's prescient sound
stories. At once African and American and southern and Mississippian, these stories
tell about love, hurt, connection and redemption in the South. Burnside’s
blues is distinct from its Delta or Texas counterparts in its commitment to polyrhythmic
percussion and its refusal of familiar blues chord progressions. Often, and especially
in Burnside’s care, it leads with extended riffs that become sentences or pleas
or exclamations, rendering the guitar like its West African antecedent, the talking
drum.
cedricburnside.net
SAM WEBER
Sam Weber's storied exodus from his homeland of Canada to find new footing and opportunity
in America resonates like a classic story of pain, loss, and rebirth. That narrative
thread is woven throughout his new record, Get Free, offering a warm, intimate,
and multidimensional portrait of the 28-year-old singer-songwriter. With this new
collection of material, Weber reaches fresh emotional depths, commanding more expressive
personal moments than ever before — at times within the margins of a single verse.
LAS CAFETERAS
Las Cafeteras have taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances
and have crossed many genres and borders along the way. Born and raised East of
the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern day troubadours.
They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful
rhymes that document stories of a community seeking to ‘build a world where many
world fit.’ From Afro-Mexican to Americana, from Soul to Son Jarocho, from
Roots to Rock and Hip Hop, Las Cafeteras take folk music to the future.
lascafeteras.com
THE BLACK FEATHERS
The Black Feathers are Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler, tow talents with the ability to write songs that are both modern and ancient. American, folk and acoustic indie rock sensibilities coexist comfortably in their musical world, with Hughes' guitar work buoying the kind of harmonies often only heard in family bands. Their stage chemistry will keep you riveted. After builing a loyal following in the UK, The Black Feathers are spreading their wings in the US.
theblackfeathers.com
