Songs & Stories West Virginia

About Songs & Stories West Virginia

Conversation with West Virginia’s top songwriters.

Publisher

Andrew Benson

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Jan 2024

Latest episode

3 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

64 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jul 2026

   Joe Crites

   Joe Crites makes the drive over the mountain to visit Andy in the studio and discuss the importance of writing music as a WV native, musical inspirations and plays his in studio version of “Stepping Stones” off his latest album “Faded Green and Blue”

2. 

   30 Apr 2026

   The Holler Hounds “Songs & Stories WV: Studio Sessions”

   The Holler Hounds came to Songs & Stories WV Studios to perform a couple of their songs live. Cheap Bourbon and Cigarettes, Where The Hell and Nobody’s Friend.

3. 

   27 Mar 2026

   Christian Teets

   Christian Teets sits down with Andy and Zach to discuss what it means being an emerging songwriter in Appalachia, the many adventures in booking, touring and gigging in and around the Mountain State and he give a live in studio performance of his original song "If Heaven Had a Bar".

Who has been a guest on Songs & Stories West Virginia

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dylan Hinzman
• Zach McCormick
• Kit Lindsey
• Emily Lehr
• Keith Franklin Phipps

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.