Concerts

During her 14th performance for Mountain Stage, country singer Kathy Mattea performs songs from her 2008 album, Coal. Coal received a nomination for Traditional Folk Album of the Year at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

The rock band's members have roots in both Washington, D.C., and Kentucky. These United States' new album, Everything Touches Everything, provides an excellent showcase for the group's one-of-a-kind, garage-meets-folk sound.

Pettis is a winner of this year's Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. Here she performs her winning song, "Nine to Five Girl," with help from the Mountain Stage Band.

Once upon a time, an NPR Music series called JazzSet With Branford Marsalis visited clubs, concerts and festivals across the country and around the world. Today, our founding host runs his own record label, and JazzSet visits the Marsalis Music Stage at Newport, where Chilean-born Claudia Acuna sets political folk songs to the sounds of jazz.

A unique blend of honky-tonk and rockabilly propelled the band to major-label success. It performs a rollicking set of fan favorites on this installment of Mountain Stage.

Dealing with divorce, broken bones and death inspired The Coal Men's members on their latest album, Kids With Songs. The childhood friends perform their guitar-driven, harmony-rich rock in this installment of Mountain Stage.

A Southern-fried big-band sound brought Squirrel Nut Zippers fame in the mid-'90s, making a major hit of the group's album Hot. Here, it takes the stage in support of its first live release, Lost at Sea.

After recovering from a terrible traffic accident, Hoge is back on tour in support of his latest album, The Wreckage. His gritty rock sound returns in full force on this new collection of introspective songs.

Back in 2000, James Maddock — then the lead singer of the band Wood — looked like he was on the verge of worldwide fame. The group's debut album, Songs From Stamford Hill, was showcased on popular TV dramas such as Dawson's Creek. Now, at the end of the decade, Maddock is back as a solo artist. Hear the singer-songwriter perform live in concert from WXPN in Philadelphia.

Sonny Landreth became a master of the slide guitar as a member of Clifton Chenier's band. He rolls out his signature swamp-rock and Cajun grooves in this edition of Mountain Stage.

Saxophonist and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenon highlights his new CD, Esta Plena, and leads into the Vijay Iyer Trio, which performs selections from Historicity. Both hold up beautifully to repeated listening; hear selections from the two at Newport in Surround Sound for JazzSet.

Formed in 2001 by singer-songwriter Tonny Dekker, the Toronto band performs songs from its fourth album, Lost Channels, which has been nominated for Contemporary Album of the Year at 2009's Canadian Folk Music Awards.

What do you do when you're one of the world's top bassists, adept in all styles related to jazz, and you get a craving to play the Vanguard again? If you're Christian McBride, you assemble a top-notch, straight-ahead acoustic quintet specifically for the purpose.

Indie-rock trio, Yo La Tengo, brings its experimental sound to the Mountain Stage, performing songs from its latest album, Popular Songs.

A New York-based singer-songwriter, Spektor blends rhythmic piano with a distinct, acrobatic voice. She returns to Mountain Stage to perform songs from her latest album, Far.