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Mountain Stage is excited to announce that two more acts have been confirmed for two of our upcoming live shows.

Heartland blues-rockers Moreland & Arbuckle round out the August 7 show at the Civic Center Little Theater. The pair met at a Wichita open mic in 2001, and have been playing together in different capacities ever since. Assisted by Brad Horner on drums, their stripped down 3-piece sound combines elements of traditional delta blues with a lo-fi electric edge that will no doubt remind some listeners of groups like The Black Keys and the White Stripes.

John Oates, Amber Rubarth, Blame Sally and Frontier Ruckus will also appear. Tickets for this show are on sale now online, by phone (800.745.3000), and at the Civic Center box office.

The August 14 show at the Culture Center (featuring Ollabelle, Henry Girls and The Fox Hunt) takes shape with the addition of jangle-country duo Foster & Lloyd. With an influential sound that drew just as much from the Beatles as Buck Owens, Bill Lloyd and Radney Foster rose to fame during the late 80’s, an unprecedented period of creativity in country music that saw artists like Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle and k.d. lang receiving mainstream airplay. (Steve Earle would later call this period “The Great Credibility Scare.”

Foster continued to see success as a songwriter and solo artist (“Just Call Me Lonesome” was a CMT staple through much of the 90’s) and Lloyd continued on as one of Nashville’s most sought-after session guitarists. After 20 years, the two have picked up where they left off with It’s Already Tomorrow. Tickets for this show are available online, and at Taylor Books.

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Nashville-based bluegrass band The SteelDrivers perform an energetic round of music on this week's encore edition of Mountain Stage. Their second, and most recent album is called Reckless. You can hear a preview of the SteelDriver’s set in our Mountain Stage Song of the Week, their soulful (and often covered) original “If It Hadn’t Been For Love.” You can check out their Backstage at Mountain Stage YouTube interview here.

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Things kick off with banjo player and singer Abigail Washburn, who brings us a set new material from her album City of Refuge. You can catch footage from her set in this special Backstage at Mountain Stage interview with host Larry Groce.

Also on the bill is Knoxville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Scott Miller. He opens his set with a humorous song titled “Lo Siento, Spanishburg, West Virginia,” a sleepy little town in West Virginia. His most recent release is For Crying Out Loud.

Bloodshot Records recording artists Whitey Morgan and the 78’s take the stage to perform their brand of Honky-Tonk Outlaw country. The band's self-titled album was released last year.

Finally, veteran country music singer (and frequent Rhonda Vincent collaborator) Gene Watson sings some of his classic hits including “Paper Rosie” and the chart-topping “Farewell Party,” plus the title track to his new release "A Taste of the Truth."

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