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April 30

Sweet Bluebonnet Spring

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This week: the second of our two April broadcasts from Texas, live from the magnificently restored Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, which was submerged by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Singer and songwriter Stephanie Davis joins us, a fourth generation Montanan now making her home in a fixer-upper the Lone Star State; and literary mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera will sing her notable roles from The Barber of Seville and Mozart. Plus: The Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell and Fred Newman, find Dusty and Lefty engaged in the tourist trade; music director and pianist Rich Dworsky guides the band (drummer Bernie Dresel, Larry Kohut on the bass, Richard Kriehn on the mandolin and fiddle, and guitarist Chris Siebold) through stomping opera bits and Gulf Coast melodies; and an update from the host on the latest News from a rapidly greening Lake Wobegon.

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May 7

Upward and Onward

This week: we’re live from The Mother Church of Country Music in The Athens of the South — that’s the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee — and we’re bringing along an all-star lineup. Singer and high-octane guitar picker Brad Paisley drops in with his Telecaster, bluegrass bandleader Del McCoury stops by for a few songs, Aoife O’Donovan and Heather Masse join us to sing country classics with the host and showcase their own fine songwriting, and Music City’s favorite fiddler Stuart Duncan sits in with our ace house band. Plus: our Royal Academy of Actors, music director and pianist Rich Dworsky leads our four-piece orchestra of the air (Bernie Dresel on drums, bassist Larry Kohut, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, and Chris Siebold, guitar), and we’ll get an update on the latest News from Lake Wobegon. Fix yourself a plate of hot chicken, our cast and crew will shine up the pearl snaps on our flashiest Western shirts, and we’ll all meet up on the public radio end of the dial on Saturday evening.

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