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This week, a new novel about two girls and an astronomy textbook draws inspiration from one of the quietest places in West Virginia. Also, author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle talks about growing up as part of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. And, a Kentucky tattoo artist practices traditional tattooing and traditional music. He says they’re not too different.
LISTEN: Sonny Landreth And Cindy Cashdollar Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar perform on Mountain Stage during the 1,000th episode. Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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This week marks the rebroadcast of our landmark 1,000th episode of Mountain Stage, and our musical guests are worthy of such a momentous occasion. Slide-guitar master Sonny Landreth and legend of the dobro and lap steel Cindy Cashdollar perform a fiery duo set that should be heard to be believed.
We also welcome back Oklahoma’s Parker Millsap and his band, the venerable Lucy Kaplansky, plus emerging songwriter Caleb Caudle and some witty indie-pop from The Paranoid Style.
Join us on these stations starting Friday, July 28 to hear the entire show.
Our Song of the Week comes from Landreth and Cashdollar, who slide their way through “Prodigal Son,” the title track to Landreth’s 2004 album of the same name.
Hear the entire set from Landreth & Cashdollar, plus Parker Millsap and his band, thoughtful and poignant songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, plus emerging songsmith Caleb Caudle and some witty indie-pop from The Paranoid Style. They’re all in live performance on this week’s episode of Mountain Stage, heard on these stations starting Friday or via the Mountain Stage Podcast.
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