Our City of Dreams
Coming to you this week from The Town Hall in New York City, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, soprano Maria Jette and pianist and accordionist Dan Chouinard, our friends Robin and Linda Williams, and classical pianist Stephen Hough. 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, David Finck on bass, Kevin Kuhn on guitar, and Ray Marchica on drums, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Getting Life on Track
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from The Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City. With special guests, adventurous acoustic trio Nickel Creek, folksinging duo Pharis and Jason Romero, and solo vocalist Heather Masse. 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, guitarist John Benthal, bassist David Finck and drummer Warren Odze, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Keep It Clean
Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, folksingerWillie Watson, soul siblings Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, singer Hilary Thavis, and pianist and clarinetistButch Thompson. 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.
Ceann Loch Wobegon
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. With special guests, masters of Celtic music both ancient and modern, Battlefield Band, Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton, blues singer Hilary Thavis, and our good friend Butch Thompson. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, steel guitarist Joe Savage sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Two More Hours
Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, sparkling Irish vocalist Karan Casey, the French-styled sounds of Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra, singer Aoife O'Donovan, and pianist and clarinetist Butch Thompson with vocalist 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.
Cold Foot Boogie
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, we're back at The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul for a live broadcast. With special guests, honky tonk harmonizers The Cactus Blossoms, our friends Bob Douglas and Susie Eldredge, and pianist Butch Thompson, who's written a few pieces about the Minnesota winter blues. 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.
Where the Sky is Blue
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, our final winter rebroadcast, a blast of warmth originally from June 2013 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Colin Hay sings "Send Somebody," Lily Tomlin and Martin Sheen join us for a few scripts,Paula Poundstone ponders life in L.A., and Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele ask "Are You Ready for a Miracle?" In Lake Wobegon, high school graduation brings to mind tales of senior pranks from years past.
Radio Boogie
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a winter rebroadcast of a show originally from January 2013, at theWar Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California. Elvin Bishop and his band play "Got to Be New Orleans," Michael Tilson Thomas sings "Who Do You Suppose Went and Married My Sister? Thomashefsky!" and Laurie Lewis joins Garrison on "Ripple." In Lake Wobegon, texting disrupts a choir concert.
Deep in the Heart
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, we'll rebroadcast a show from April 2013 at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas. Asleep at the Wheel perform "Miles and Miles of Texas,"Kat Edmonson sings "Lucky," and the Texas Tornados play "Mendocino." In Lake Wobegon, Pastor Liz makes house calls to hear the town's complaints.
Nothing but the Blues
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, the first of our winter rebroadcasts, originally from May 2013 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The Time Jumpers play "Six Pack to Go," Suzy Bogguss sings "I Always Get Lucky with You," and Stuart Duncan joins The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band for a medley of fiddle tunes. In Lake Wobegon, it's time for the fishing opener and the annual Willis Bunsen Grocery Run footrace.