NPR’s 'Mountain Stage' Makes Its Way to UK

Footage from a performance on "Mountain Stage with Larry Groce" and an interview with The Black Lillies from 2010. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts in conjunction with WUKY 91.3 FM will present NPR’s "Mountain Stage with Larry Groce" at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 3.

"It's always a pleasure to take the show to a new place, but it's particularly exciting to be going to Lexington,” says "Mountain Stage" host and co-founder Larry Groce. “It's a lovely city in a beautiful part of the country, and WUKY is a great music station, so we expect its listeners to be enthusiastic.”

For more than 30 years, "Mountain Stage with Larry Groce" has been the home of live music on public radio. Produced in West Virginia and distributed by NPR, each two-hour episode of "Mountain Stage" can be heard every week on more than 150 stations across America, and around the world via NPR Music and www.mountainstage.org. Recorded in front of a live audience, "Mountain Stage" features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues and country, to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative and beyond.

Sarah Jarosz, The Black Lillies, Steve Forbert, Over the Rhine and Robbie Fulks will be special guests for the Singletary Center performance. Tickets are $25 for this event. A processing fee will be applied upon completion of transaction. Tickets can be purchased from Singletary Center ticket office at www.scfatickets.com, by phone at 859-257-4929 or at the venue.

A part of the UK College of Fine Arts, the Singletary Center for the Arts presents and hosts around 400 artistic, cultural and educational events annually for the university community, Lexington community and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

WUKY is a community-supported service of UK which provides high-quality news, cultural and entertainment content through the use of existing and emerging media to create a more informed and engaged community.

UK is the University for Kentucky. At UK, we are educating more students, treating more patients with complex illnesses and conducting more research and service than at any time in our 150-year history. To read more about the UK story and how you can support continued investment in your university and the Commonwealth, go to: uky.edu/uk4ky. #uk4ky #seeblue

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu