Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'emmountain'

Cherryholmes On Mountain Stage

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:13:00 EST

The award-winning bluegrass family band is led by bassist Jere Cherryholmes, and features his wife and four children. Now nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award, the group plays a set on Mountain Stage.

Carolina Chocolate Drops On Mountain Stage

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:54:00 EST

Steeped in the Piedmont blues of the North Carolina hill country, the trio breathes new life into the African-American string-band tradition. The group brings a claw-hammer banjo, fiddles, snare drum, bone percussion and even a kazoo to Mountain Stage.

Kelly Sweet On Mountain Stage

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:34:00 EST

The 19-year-old singer traverses both pop and jazz, and seems comfortable singing in multiple languages. She performs selections from her debut album, We Are One, with the Mountain Stage house band.

Amy Correia On Mountain Stage

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:11:00 EST

With a timid yet powerful voice, Amy Correia took the stage armed with a songbook inspired by authors, poets and songwriters. Correia performs a series of new, yet-to-be-recorded songs in this Mountain Stage appearance from January 2008.

Marc Cohn On Mountain Stage

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:56:00 EST

The singer-songwriter best known for his 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis" suffered a carjacking and a bullet wound to the head on a 2002 tour. But he lived to tell the tale, record a new album and appear on Mountain Stage.

Larry Keel On Mountain Stage

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:26:00 EST

The bluegrass musician from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains has been a musician at Tokyo Disneyland and has won flatpicking competitions in Colorado. With his band Natural Bridge, Keel played a set of fiery, authentic music on Mountain Stage.

Catherine Russell On Mountain Stage

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:14:00 EST

Her father was Louis Armstrong's musical director in the 1930s. Her mother still plays the bass. So it's no surprise that Russell has chops. She sings a set of bluesy numbers and standards for Mountain Stage.

Little Big Town On Mountain Stage

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:22:00 EST

The country vocal quartet had just released its latest album when it recorded this session for Mountain Stage. A year later, the band is primed to begin its first national headlining tour, Grammy nomination in tow.

Son De Madera On Mountain Stage

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:20:00 EST

Taking its name from the mountainous region of northwestern Mexico, Son de Madera specializes in Son Jarocho, a musical style based on the traditions of Veracruz, Mexico. The band strives to incorporate new sounds into this traditional style to create a unique cultural and musical experience, and it performs original arrangements of four traditional Son Jarocho songs here for Mountain Stage.

Mates Of State On Mountain Stage

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:41:00 EST

Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner-Hammel perform as the duo Mates of State. The pair's latest album, Re-Arrange Us, is beginning to show up on year-end "best of" lists across the country. In this performance on Mountain Stage, the couple showcases songs from that album, as well as 2006's Bring It Back.

Thea Gilmore On Mountain Stage

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:14:00 EST

British singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore recently stopped by Mountain Stage to perform music from her latest album, Liejacker. Released in September, it's the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Harpo's Ghost, as well as the product of adversities in Gilmore's personal life and professional career. The result is some of her starkest and most emotional songs.

Chris Velan On Mountain Stage

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:41:00 EST

Montreal-based singer-songwriter Chris Velan played in many bands throughout his youth before forming a reggae group with his two brothers in 1998. Now a solo artist, he has two solo albums under his belt, and has honed his sound into a reggae-influenced, socially conscious brand of folk music. Velan recently performed live on Mountain Stage in anticipation of his upcoming third album, Solidago.

Jim Boggia On Mountain Stage

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:48:00 EST

Philadelphia-based songwriter Jim Boggia recently released his third full-length album, Misadventures in Stereo, which was recorded using analog equipment and mixed at London's famed Abbey Road studios. Boggia performed selections from the album during this recent appearance on Mountain Stage.

The Bridges On Mountain Stage

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:04:00 EST

The Bridges is a pop-friendly family band, consisting of some siblings and a cousin whose debut CD, Limits of the Sky, is produced by pop-rocker Matthew Sweet. With vocal harmonies lush enough to garner Fleetwood Mac comparisons, the band shares its innate gift for melody with a Mountain Stage crowd gathered in Charleston, W.Va.

Todd Snider On Mountain Stage

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:12:00 EST

Songwriter Todd Snider has never been one to keep his feelings hidden. He came on the scene with the song "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues" and has garnered comparisons to songwriting's satiric best — John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver — ever since. He recently made his ninth appearance on Mountain Stage, performing music from his latest EP, Peace Queer.

Mary Gauthier On Mountain Stage

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:39:00 EST

Between Daylight & Dark is the latest record by widely acclaimed songwriter Mary Gauthier, who makes her third appearance on Mountain Stage in a set originally recorded in December 2007. Originally from New Orleans and currently a Nashville resident, Gauthier has battled back from hard knocks and bad habits to emerge as one of the most poignant and powerful songwriters of her generation.

Mountain Stage Remembers Odetta

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:17:00 EST

Legendary folksinger Odetta visited Mountain Stage nine times during her highly influential, 50-year career. Today's Mountain Stage features video of an interview and set she did in 2006 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol, Tenn./Va. Odetta died on Dec. 2, but her powerful voice and graceful character live on through the countless people she inspired, including fellow musicians Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin.

Matt Nathanson On Mountain Stage

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:33:00 EST

Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson left Boston for California's Bay Area about 15 years ago, and eventually found himself opening shows for likeminded pop acts such as John Mayer, Guster and Tori Amos. In this performance, he plays songs from his 2007 album, Some Mad Hope, and enlists the help of fellow Mountain Stage guest Ingrid Michaelson on the song "Loud."

Justin Currie And Ingrid Michaelson On Mountain Stage

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:52:00 EST

Before he went solo, Justin Currie was a singer and lyricist for the popular Scottish pop group Del Amitri, whose hits included "Roll to Me" and "Always the Last to Know." He makes his second appearance on Mountain Stage and is followed with a set by Ingrid Michaelson. The New York-based singer-songwriter gained national recognition last year when her song "The Way I Am" made it onto an Old Navy holiday commercial.

Suzanne Vega On Mountain Stage

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:00 EST

In a Mountain Stage set originally recorded in December 2007, Vega and her band perform selections from her latest CD, Beauty & Crime. She also performs a couple of the songs that brought her to the forefront of pop music in the late 1980s: the unlikely hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."

Billy Bragg On Mountain Stage

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:46:00 EST

Making his third appearance on Mountain Stage, Billy Bragg is best known in America for teaming up with Wilco to set some newly unearthed Woody Guthrie lyrics to music on 2000's Mermaid Avenue. But in his native England, Billy Bragg is highly regarded as an egalitarian songsmith who sings for the working class.

Bruce Cockburn On Mountain Stage

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST

Making his 12th appearance on Mountain Stage, songwriter, composer and guitarist Bruce Cockburn takes listeners on a brief career overview in a live performance recorded at New York's legendary Town Hall. Already a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Cockburn is one of the most heralded and awarded musicians in his native Canada, having won numerous Juno awards and reached gold and platinum sales on multiple releases.

Rodney Crowell On Mountain Stage

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:52:00 EST

Houston-born songwriter Rodney Crowell took his talents to Nashville in the 1970s and has been evolving ever since. His 1988 album Diamonds and Dirt garnered five No. 1 country singles, including one with his then-wife Rosanne Cash (with whom he still works today). In this Mountain Stage appearance, he performs music from some of his most recent albums, including this year's Sex & Gasoline.

Rosanne Cash On Mountain Stage

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:02:00 EST

Recorded at New York City's historic Town Hall, and just down the road from her home, singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash performs an acoustic set for her third appearance on Mountain Stage. Included is music from her critically acclaimed album Black Cadillac, as well as a cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Two Girls."

Jacob & Lily On Mountain Stage

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:31:00 EST

Singer-songwriter Karla Adolphe and percussionist Caleb Friesen make up the Manitoba-based duo Jacob & Lily. On their recent Mountain Stage appearance, the two show off Adolphe's powerful, passionate voice and steady guitar strumming, along with Friesen's meticulous and driving rhythmic work.