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Setting the Stage
Mountain Stage® from NPR
Live Performance - March 29
Sunday, March 29 at the WVU Creative Arts Center, Morgantown
Show begins at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Advance tickets are $15.00, at the door $20.
Call 304-293-SHOW (7469), order online or visit the Mountainlair.
Fountains of Wayne
Cowboy Junkies
Tom Wilson dba Lee Harvey Osmond
Ana Egge
March 24, 2009
Clarence Bucaro
Behind the Scenes
On page 2 (top to bottom) -- Fountains of Wayne, Cowboy Junkies,
Clarence Bucaro
On page 3 -- Tom Wilson dba Lee Harvey Osmond, Ana Egge
Fountains of Wayne - Named
for a lawn ornament store
in Wayne, NJ, the New
York City-based Fountains
of Wayne is anchored by
the singer/songwriter duo of
Adam Schlesinger and Chris
Collingwood. Sharing a mutual
affection for smart, melodic
British pop, the group was
founded in 1996 and released its
self-titled debut on Atlantic Records
the same year. The band’s first Top
40 song, “Stacy’s Mom,” was from
2003’s “Welcome Interstate Managers.”
Cowboy Junkies - Formed in Toronto
in 1985,
the Cowboy Junkies is still comprised
of its four original members, Margo, Michael and
Peter Timmins and longtime friend Alan Anton. After
exploding on to the “alternative” scene with 1988’s
stark “Trinity Sessions” - recorded in an abandoned
church with one microphone for about $250
- the Cowboy Junkies earned a solid niche in
both the college and “adult” markets. In 2007,
the band released “At the End of Paths Taken,” a
concept record of songs about “‘family’” and all
of the complex relationships that are suggested
by the word.”
Although the live performance is sold out, this
show will broadcast on NPR in May.
(Scheduled guests, ticket prices and dates may
change without notice.)
Tom Wilson dba Lee Harvey Osmond - After
forming the bands the Florida Razors and
Junkhouse, releasing a series of acclaimed solo
discs and playing with Blackie & the Rodeo
Kings, Canadian singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom
Wilson’s latest project, Lee Harvey Osmond,
takes “folk music” in a dark direction. The band’s
release, “A Quiet Evil,” includes a cover of Cowboy
Junkie Michael Timmins’ “Angels in the Wilderness.”
The Wilson-Timmins connection was cultivated in
2006, when the two met on “Roots on the Rails,” a
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Behind the Scenes, continued from page 2
cross-Canada train junket that featured a number of bands. Since then Wilson contributed a track to Timmins’
“Kennedy Suite Project” (backed by the Junkies).
Clarence Bucaro - Recorded in two intense days, Clarence Bucaro’s second release, “‘Til Spring,” reveals an
introspective singer/songwriter in the tradition of Jackson Browne and Joni Mitchell with soulful touches
gleaned from listening to Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. A recent review in The New York Times compared
Bucaro’s sound to “late-1960s Van Morrison.” A Cleveland native and the son of a classical music buff who
worked at a DJ at a country station, Bucaro became serious about his music while studying political science
and natural resources at Ohio State - and immersing himself in American roots music.
Ana Egge - Singer-songwriter Ana Egge is six albums into an independent career that has been steadily
gaining her fans since moving to Austin, TX, at age 19. She’s won over audiences and contemporaries alike,
counting Ron Sexsmith, Shawn Colvin and Lucinda Williams among her vocal supporters. Her latest, “Road
to Love,” features many of her friends including Frazey Ford & Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas, Adam Levy
(Norah Jones) and Tony Scherr (Bill Frisell, Feist).
In 2007 she released “Lazy Days,” an album of cover songs that interpreted Ray Davies, Stephen Stills and
Sandy Denny among others.
A note from the Editor
“Setting the Stage” is a newsletter for Mountain Stage® fans and is intended for informational purposes only. West Virginia Public
Broadcasting provides links to artist Web sites as provided by the artists, many of whom use MySpace, Facebook and similarly nonsecure sites which may include cookies, pop-ups, viral marketing, etc. Please be aware of this possibility when choosing to go to any
of the links provided.
Thank you,
Shawn Patterson, “Setting the Stage” editor
March 24, 2009
More Live Shows
Check the Mountain Stage® Web site for locations
and ticket information.
April 5 -Cultural Center/
Charleston -The Gourds, Tom
Rush, Backyard
Tire Fire, The
Deep Vibration
April 22
-- Charleston Civic
Center -- Neko Case, Greg
Brown, Crooked Fingers,
Sonos
May 3
-- Cultural
Center/
Charleston
Pat McGee,
Tim Easton
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