National Public Radio hosts live sets from some of America's biggest stars and two of country's most respected artists stepped onto The NPR Mountain Stage. You can stream both concerts live from your computer and listen to them at your leisure.
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. She begins the set with two songs from her critically acclaimed Black Cadillac, accompanied by her husband John Leventhal on guitar and Jeff Allen on bass. She also enlisted a special guest for one song, asking her ex-husband and fellow songwriter Rodney Crowell (also a guest this week on Mountain Stage) to join her on Crowell's song "No Memories Hanging Around." The song was originally included on her 1979 debut CD, Right or Wrong, as a duet with Bobby Bare. Cash is currently working on a record that will feature a selection chosen from a list of 100 essential songs her father, Johnny Cash, gave to her some time ago. Included here, from that list, is Hal David and Paul Hampton's "Sea of Heartbreak," followed by a song Cash says might be added, Townes Van Zandt's "Two Girls."
Listen to Dan Tyminski
Listen to Roseanne Cash
Dan Tyminski visits Mountain Stage for the first time with his own band to perform songs from his second solo release, Wheels. Since 1994, Tyminski has been a guitarist and vocalist with the highly praised bluegrass crossover band Alison Krauss and Union Station. With that group on hiatus this year, Tyminski re-formed his own project, featuring longtime Union Station collaborator Barry Bales on bass, award-winning mandolin player Adam Steffey (who wrote the blazing instrumental "Knock Knock!" included here), Ron Stewart on banjo and fiddle/dobro player Justin Moses. The set concludes with "Man of Constant Sorrow," the bluegrass standard that helped spark the resurgence of roots music in 2000, when Tyminski's voice was lip-synced by actor George Clooney in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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. She begins the set with two songs from her critically acclaimed Black Cadillac, accompanied by her husband John Leventhal on guitar and Jeff Allen on bass. She also enlisted a special guest for one song, asking her ex-husband and fellow songwriter Rodney Crowell (also a guest this week on Mountain Stage) to join her on Crowell's song "No Memories Hanging Around." The song was originally included on her 1979 debut CD, Right or Wrong, as a duet with Bobby Bare. Cash is currently working on a record that will feature a selection chosen from a list of 100 essential songs her father, Johnny Cash, gave to her some time ago. Included here, from that list, is Hal David and Paul Hampton's "Sea of Heartbreak," followed by a song Cash says might be added, Townes Van Zandt's "Two Girls." 
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