Larry Groce
Larry Groce is a singer-songwriter and co-founder of Mountain Stage,
the NPR music program in its 42nd year that’s heard on over 270
stations. He’s recorded 24 albums spanning Americana, hymns, and
children’s music, including the 1976 Top 10 hit “Junk Food Junkie.” A
Grammy nominee for Children’s Record of the Year, he’s made nine
albums for Walt Disney Records, with several going gold and platinum.
Larry wrote songs for the musicals Paradise Park–The Musical and Miss
Dirt Turtle’s Garden Club, both produced multiple times. Inducted into the
West Virginia Music and Broadcasting Halls of Fame, he’s received the
Governor’s Award for Leadership in the Arts and has received three
honorary doctorates.
larrygroce.com
Todd Burge
Todd Burge is a West Virginia–based singer-songwriter, playwright, and producer known for his witty, heartfelt storytelling and prolific catalog. He has released over fifteen albums and appeared multiple times on NPR’s Mountain Stage, as well as the syndicated TV program Songs at the Center. Burge has performed at Joe’s Pub and CBGB in New York City and at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. He wrote the music for an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, produced by Hipp-Stage Productions and Marietta College. He also leads The Song Colony workshops and has taught songwriting at West Virginia University. Burge has served as a programming consultant for Peoples Bank Theatre and is the director of The Esbenshade Series.
toddburge.com
