Where Time Passes Slower
This week, we're live from the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois with special guests Ivy League country singer Robbie Fulks, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera, public radio's only in-house blues singer, Hilary Thavis, and vocalist Lynn Peterson. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Backbone of the Nation
This week, it's a live broadcast from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Saint Louis, Missouri with special guests, innovator and preservationist Pokey LaFarge, banjo player, guitarist, and songwriter Joe Newberry, and guitar heavyweight Steve Wariner. Plus: the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Back to the Sun
This week, we head back out West for a broadcast from the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California with special guests, the First Sisters of Rock and Roll, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, folk musician Greg Brown, gospel grandmaster Jearlyn Steele, and blues singer Hilary Thavis. Plus: the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, musical director Richard Dworsky (with Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, Bernie Dresel on drums, Chris Siebold on guitar, and Larry Steen on bass) and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
A Higher Elevation
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from the Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill County Park in Flagstaff, Arizona. With special guests, seasoned Tex-Mex rockers Los Texmaniacs, singer, guitarist and songwriter Colin Hay, and vocalist Lynn Peterson. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
There's a Future in the Past
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. With special guests, masters of ballroom perfection Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, eclectic vocalist Heather Masse, and our staff blues singer Hilary Thavis. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Rising Again
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast performance from the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. With special guests, one of country's most respected voices, Suzy Bogguss, bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton, songwriter Lynn Peterson, and organist Ken Double. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Outstanding in Our Field
Coming to you this week from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, guitar-slinging singer Brad Paisley, country music outsider Sturgill Simpson, mandolin maestro Sam Bush, and fiddle virtuoso Stuart Duncan. Plus, a visit from Brian Dan Christensen, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, musical director Richard Dworsky with guitarist Dean Magraw, drummer Chris Brown, and bassist Todd Parks, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Restless as a Willow
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from the Des Moines Civic Center in Des Moines, Iowa. With special guests, songwriter and guitarist Dave Moore, and pianist Nicholas Roth. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Kate Beahen, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Hear Our Song
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from the newly renovated Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. With special guests, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra-the only full-time professional chamber orchestra in the United States-conductor Philip Brunelle, our good friend Vern Sutton, vocal powerhouses Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, and singer Hilary Thavis. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
April in New York
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a spring rebroadcast of a show originally from April 2011 at The Town Hall in New York City. The Assad Brothers play "Palhaco," Robin and Linda Williams join Garrison for a Hazel Dickens tribute, The DiGiallonardo Sisters sing "Somewhere Out There," and a host of special guests help us celebrate Shakespeare. In Lake Wobegon, Pastor Liz organizes an outdoor procession to celebrate Holy Week.