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This week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage features the undisputed queen of rockabilly Wanda Jackson, with tunes from her recent Jack White-produced album The Party Ain’t Over. She’s backed by the Mountain Stage band, with a few of their friends sitting in on horns.You can catch a preview of her set here, via our Mountain Stage Song of the Week, and be sure to check out the Backstage at Mountain Stage video above, which features footage of Jackson’s performance, as well as a brief interview.

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You’ll also hear from Texas troubadour Joe Ely. No stranger to Mountain Stage audiences, Ely has epitomized the rugged Texas singer/songwriter tradition. As a member of the legendary ‘70s band the Flatlanders - which also featured fellow Texans Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock - he helped pioneer the alt-country genre. His first release of new material in four years is Satisfied at Last.

And speaking of Jimmie Dale Gilmore -- he's also on this Sunday's show, backed by The Wronglers, a San Fransisco-based bluegrass band headed up by the dearly missed Warren Hellman: banjo player, one of roots music’s most dedicated stewards, and founder of the wildly popular Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Their record is called Heirloom Music.

Powerful blues-rocker Carolyn Wonderland also appears. Carolyn's incendiary guitar and raw, powerful vocals draw instant comparisons to fellow Texans Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Check out the video to see what we mean.

And finally, The New Rope String Band make their first ever appearance in the United States, all the way from the Scotland. Combining superb musicianship with comic genius, the three members of the New Rope String Band combine elements of circus, clowning, vaudeville, slapstick and silliness with beautiful acoustic music from various world traditions.

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