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Listen: Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert Have Our Mountain Stage Song of the Week: 'Bailout Blues'
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This week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage features a pickers paradise, as we’re treated to sets from J2B2, the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, plus the GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass group Della Mae, 2019 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year Tray Wellington and his band, plus topical singer-songwriter Crys Matthews, and a duo set from Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, who have our Song of the Week.
In their second appearance together on the show, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert perform their original song “Bailout Blues” from their most recent release, The Flowers That Bloom in Spring.
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Bailout Blues, Live on Mountain Stage
The acoustic duo performs their song "Bailout Blues"
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