Steve Earle Interview on NPR Live Sessions

WMOT | By Val Hoeppner

Published May 27, 2020 at 9:39 AM CDT

Watch an interview with Steve Earlefrom his Nashville home earlier this month. Earle talks with Jody Denberg, a host at KUTX in Austin, about his latest album Ghosts of West Virginia. The album and converation centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 miners in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. The interview was recorded via Zoom on May 18, 2020.

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Val Hoeppner

Val Hoeppner is the executive director of WMOT 89.5, executive producer of Wired In, 895 Fest, 895 Sessions, 895 Feast and the AmericanaFest Day Stage presented by WMOT, World Cafe and NPR Music. Hoeppner joined WMOT in 2014 and helped transition WMOT from mixed format to American Roots in 2016.

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