CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Founder of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, Michael Lipton is remembering one West Virginia native Appalachian folk singer-songwriter who helped contribute to the success ...
Bill Withers, a son of West Virginia who reached the top of the musical world with a string of hit songs in the 1970s, died Monday at the age of 81 in Los Angeles, his family revealed on Friday.
Oak Hill — A chance meeting through mutual friends sparked a new creative chapter for two West Virginia musicians. When nationally-recognized performer Randy Gilkey met guitarist Alex Bair earlier ...
BLUEFIELD, WV (WVNS) – In the midst of making waves on music charts and getting on the cover of magazines, Country Christian music artist Delnora Reed Acuff returned home to southern West Virginia to ...
On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, we revisit the first of two 41st anniversary shows, which were recorded at ...
ASHEVILLE, NC (WOWK) — Well-known southern Gospel singer and West Virginia native Squire Parsons, famous for writing the classic Gospel song “Sweet Beulah Land,” has died. He was 77 years old. Parsons ...
CHARLESTON — Kathy Mattea wants people to get on the same side of something, like maybe a garden. The West Virginia native, country star and host of Mountain Stage recently released ‘Turn Off The News ...
Steve Earle is a star of what's sometimes called Americana music or alt-country. He sings of Americans who often live on the edge. One of his hits tells of a grandson of Appalachian moonshiners who ...