Mississippi Breakdown
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a rebroadcast of our all-things-banjo show from back in February. With Joe Newberry on "Down the Road," Bill Evans playing "Ragtime Episode," Noam Pikelny's "Broken Drought," a three- (three!) banjo version of "Arkansas Traveler," and a bit of history on the instrument from Bill C. Malone. Plus, Suzy Bogguss sings "Yellow River Road," and in Lake Wobegon, the town prepares for the annual "Big Plunge" fundraising event.
A Mover El Bote
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a live broadcast from the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. With special guests, conjunto kings Los Texmaniacs, country trio The Carper Family, singer Aoife O'Donovan, and Dallas Morning Newswriter Joy Tipping. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Moonlighters (Rich Dworsky, Richard Kriehn, Dean Magraw, and Gary Raynor), and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Gold in the North
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast performance from the Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji, Minnesota. With special guests, prose poet Louis Jenkins, young singer and songwriter Sonny Johnson, and vocalist Diane Sauer. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; Rich Dworsky, Gary Raynor, and Richard Kriehn; and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
In the Shadows of an Autumn Evening
Coming to you this week from the State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, the Pied Piper of Poetry, Billy Collins, mandolinist and bluegrass ambassador Sam Bush, men's vocal ensemble Cantus, 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.
Where the Beat is Tough
Coming to you this week live from the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, folk duo The Milk Carton Kids, singer Hilary Thavis, and theatre organist Tony Thomas. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Beth Gilleland, and Fred Newman, saxophonist Kenni Holmen joins The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
No Place Like It
This week, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor from the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska. With special guests, singer, songwriter, fiddler, and podcast host Sara Watkins and jazz vocalist and educator Jackie Allen. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell,Fred Newman, and Lynda Crotty, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Headed Down a Southern Way
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a live broadcast from the newly re-opened Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. With special guests, country and folk singer and songwriter Iris DeMent, vocal powerhouse Jearlyn Steele, and singer Hilary Thavis. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, musical director Rich Dworsky and the Street Corner Orchestra (Jon-Erik Kellso, Richard Moten, and Brian O'Connell), and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Gettin' By on Central Time
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. With special guests, free spirited troubadour Pokey LaFarge, bluegrass utility man Joe Newberry, and vocalist Heather Masse with pianist Jed Wilson. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; Rich Dworsky and the October Boys (Richard Kriehn, Dean Magraw, Gary Raynor and Marc Anderson); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Out of Left Field
Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, soul singer, songwriter and producer Dan Penn, fiddler-singer Sara Watkins, and blues singer Hilary Thavis. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman, tubist Mike Forbes sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
Alla Goda Ting Ar Tre
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, we're live from our home field, The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. With special guests, acoustic groove masters V�sen, minimal Motown singers (and drummer) Chic Gamine, and mandolin madman Chris Thile. 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.