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This week on Mountain Stage we have a premiere broadcast featuring an acoustic performance from The Hold Steady, piano songstress Brooke Waggoner, nu-age string band Crooked Still, Americana songwriter Joe Pug and pop tune-smith Matt White.

See the playlist and get a preview in our Song of the Week: The Hold Steady performing “Barely Breathing” from their latest smash “Heaven Is Whenever.” Use that link to purchase via Amazon and you can support Mountain Stage at no extra charge. (Learn More).

Find a radio station in your area here and be sure to tell some friends that you’re planning to tune in.

Here’s our backstage interview with The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn from our YouTube Channel, “Backstage at Mountain Stage.” Larry Groce also sat down with Aoife O’Donnovan of Crooked Still and Joe Pug. Stay tuned to NPR Music next week to hear the entire segments.

By now you know that NPR Music and our podcast are great ways to hear what you missed or listen to your favorite parts again and again. Right now at NPR Music we have full-sets from Sister Hazel, Brett Dennen, Eric Bibb, Madison Violet and The Vagabond Opera. This episode will be available in our ARCHIVES on Monday. Subscribe to the Mountain Stage Podcast on iTunes or Feedburner.

Check out our Broadcast Schedule for upcoming episodes and thank you, as always, for tuning in to Mountain Stage.