Hello, This Sunday, July 8 on The Mulberry Tree I begin an encore airing of my four-part series featuring songs about our 50 United States. For this first edition, we'll hear songs about Alabama through Iowa, and get to experience the music and lyrics that songwriters related to those states. I think you'll enjoy it a great deal, so come sit around the tree with me this Sunday, along with these fine musicians: Jason Isbell Livingston Taylor Jeffrey Foucault Lyal Strickland Joni Mitchell Ozark Mountain Daredevils Shoregrass The Duhks Doc Watson and David Grisman Eva Cassidy Steve Forbert and the Rough Squirrels Josh Ritter Chad Elliott Fred Stoneking Tony Furtado The Mulberry Tree airs on Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. CST on KSMU 91.1 FM, Springfield Missouri's NPR affiliate station, and also at the following locations: Branson - 90.5, West Plains - 90.3, Mountain Grove - 88.7, Joplin - 98.9 and Neosho - 103.7. AND we also stream live at ksmu.org. Meet you on the airwaves! Emily