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This week’s episode was recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Mountain Stage and host Kathy Mattea were a part of the Center’s 50th Anniversary Season, and welcomed Texas Swing legends Asleep at the Wheel, soul-blues singer Ruthie Foster, multi-cultural folk singer Leyla McCalla, indie-pop songwriter Carsie Blanton and Grammy-winning West Virginian Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius. Join us starting Friday, August 5 on our NPR affiliates.
Our Song of the Week comes from the duo of O’Brien and Fabricius who perform “Nervous,” a timely commentary about modern times that appears on O’Brien’s latest album He Walked On.
In this new world they say digital is best But I need to take a rest, I just can’t find the fun In all the zeros and the ones, I’m nervous
Tim O'Brien – "Nervous"
Listeners will also hear a special performance by Kathy Mattea and our pianist Bob Thompson, accompanied by a string quartet of National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows, of Dave Mallet’s touching ballad “Summer of My Dreams.”
It just so happened that our final guests, Asleep at the Wheel, were celebrating their 50th anniversary as well. They treated us to a career spanning set of Texas Swing that only they can deliver. Too bad you can’t hear juggling on the radio!
Watch for the playlist here, and be sure to join us on these NPR stations for an encore presentation of Mountain Stage from the Kennedy Center.
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