The CMA Music Festival, put on annually by the Country Music Association, took place June 8-11 this year. For those who weren't lucky enough to be in Nashville to experience it, World Cafe's Nashville correspondents — Ann Powers and Jewly Hight — were there in person to take it all in. They catch us up on some of the musical discoveries they made, including Muscadine Bloodline and Sweet Tea Trio.

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