Headline : ‘Mountain Stage’ Has Featured Everyone From Tyler Childers to Tori Amos. 40 Years on, It’s Still Breaking Artists

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Standing behind a large curtain at the Cultural Center Theater in the small Appalachian city of Charleston, West Virginia, Kathy Mattea readies herself to welcome another audience to NPR’s Mountain Stage.

“[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Music and hospitality — that’s what it’s all about. And those two things? That’s West Virginia right there.”

With snowflakes falling onto the mountains cradling the state capitol on this particular January night, Mountain Stage listeners crowd into the theater for this evening’s lineup: Victoria Victoria (feat. Charlie Hunter), Cass McCombs, Scott Mulvahill, Julianna Riolino, and Steady Holiday.

“I have more faith in music right now than I have in years,” Mattea says when asked about the wide variety of acts presented on Mountain Stage. “After spending 40 years on my music, what do I want to say now? What am I doing to be able to shine a light on other [artists]?”

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