Mountain Stage

Mountain Stage is U.S., weekly broadcast two-hour radio show with a focus on American bluegrass and folk music. The program offers all kinds of music styles from the spectrum of the so-called Americana, from the traditional Old- Time Music to alternative country.

Mountain Stage has been produced since 1983 by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the global Voice of America distributed by National Public Radio ( NPR) and. The moderator is Larry Groce, whose moderation, however, is limited only to a brief presentation of the artist; Interviews do not take place. Mountain Stage Theater in Charleston (West Virginia) is mainly recorded live and then cut to two hours of air time in the Culture Center. As usual in Public Radio, the broadcast financed by public funds and by private sponsors.

Each year, 26 new sequences are recorded. Mountain Stage offers both relatively unknown local groups as well as national stars a platform. Per episode usually occur five different individual musicians or groups, the last half hour is the star reserved. Just about every artist who has in the area bluegrass or as a singer-songwriter rank and name, Mountain Stage has already occurred once. Many musicians have been known at all by an appearance on Mountain Stage for the first time nationally.

In addition to the radio broadcast the broadcast can also be downloaded on their official website on the internet or be subscribed to as a podcast. There is always the complete uncut live concert to hear the corresponding archive dates back to 2008.