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Mountain Stage Song of the Week
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Once a week we'll post a highlight from this weekend's Mountain Stage broadcast as a preview, and air it during West Virginia Morning, Friday at 7:30 a.m. on West Virginia Public Radio.

You can listen to the entire broadcast Sunday at 3p.m. on West Virgina Public Radio, either through your local WVPR station or here on the web through our Live Radio Stream. If you live outside of West Virginia you can also hear Mountain Stage on these radio stations.
July 30, 2010
Jill Sobule - A Good Life
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Songwriter Jill Sobule, who garnered financial support for her latest CD "California Years" from fans via the Web, sings what she refers to as her "Love Song to the End of the World," called "A Good Life."
July 23, 2010
The Flatlanders - Homeland Refugee
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The Flatlanders is a group comprised of three Texas songwriting legends, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gillmore and Butch Hancock. "Homeland Refugee," written and sung by Joe Ely, highlights the similarities among modern day refugees of all sorts.
July 16, 2010
Maia Sharp - Death By Perfection
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Maia Sharp has had songs recorded by the Dixie Chicks, keb' mo', Trisha Yearwood and, most notably, Bonnie Raitt, who included three Sharp songs on her Souls Alive record. Here is Sharp doing "Death By Perfection" from her latest solo CD Echo.
July 9, 2010
Dierks Bentley - Up on the Ridge
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Country music singer Dierks Bentley's latest release is a bluegrass flavored album called "Up on the Ridge." The title track, heard on this week's episode of Mountain Stage, is a tale of retreating from the busy world to a more simple atmosphere in the country.
July 2, 2010
Marc Cohn - Long As I Can See The Light
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Grammy winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn's newest CD is called "Listening Booth: 1970." On it Cohn interprets some popular songs from that seminal year in music. For our song of the week Cohn performs "Long As I Can See the Light," a hymn-like ballad released by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
June 25, 2010
The Greencards - Outskirts of Blue
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Nashville-based trio The Greencards, joined here by guitarist Jake Stargel, is made up of two Australia natives and one Brit. They came to be known as The Greencards for their adept interpretations of American roots music. Their balance of outstanding musicianship and tuneful songcraft is evident in this live recording of "Outskirts of Blue," a song from their latest CD, "Fascination."
June 18, 2010
Dave Alvin & Guilty Women - Que Sera Sera
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The song "Que Sera Sera" was originally composed for the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" in 1956. It was a hit for the movie's star, Doris Day, that same year. In our song of the week, California music luminary Dave Alvin and his band The Guilty Women perform a Cajun style version of what Alvin calls, "The meaning of life."
June 11, 2010
Clare & The Reasons - That's all
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Clare & the Reasons, featuring the vocals of Clare Manchon, put an unconventional spin on a Genesis song "That's All" in our Song of the Week. The group invited some brass players from West Virginia University to join them this song, also heard on their latest release, "Arrow."
June 4, 2010
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
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Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Buddy Guy performs the title track from his last CD, "Skin Deep." Buddy Guy can be heard in an extended performance on this week's special encore episode of Mountain Stage.  
May 28, 2010
John & Jamie Hartford - I Know You Don't Love Me No More
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This week's Mountain Stage broadcast is a special program featuring parents and children who have appeared on Mountain Stage, together or separately. John Hartford brought his son Jamie with him for this performance from August, 1989. Listen closely and you'll hear John's feet dancing along as he plays the fiddle.
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