June 16, 2012 broadcast with Elvin Bishop, Sam Bush, and the Portland Cello Project
Coming to you this week from the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene, Oregon, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, howling bluesman Elvin Bishop, bluegrass heavyweight Sam Bush, and the feisty instrumentalists of the Portland Cello Project. 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.
June 9, 2012 broadcast with BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, James Burton, and Andra Suchy
Coming to you this week from the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, musical ambassadors of Louisiana's rich Acadian past, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, and the original guitar hero, James Burton. Also with us, singer Andra Suchy, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound effects man Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
June 2, 2012 broadcast with Big Medicine, Adam Granger, Anni Spring, Robin and Linda Williams, Aoife O'Donovan, and Heather Masse
Coming to you this week from the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, North Carolina, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, old-time string band Big Medicine, flatpicker Adam Granger and fiddler Anni Spring, good friends Robin and Linda Williams, and transcendent vocalists Aoife O'Donovan and Heather Masse. Also with us, 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.
May 26, 2012 broadcast with Shawn Colvin, Sara Watkins, and Heather Masse
Coming to you this week from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests, slow-burning singer and songwriter Shawn Colvin, wearer of many hats Sara Watkins, and former yurt dweller Heather Masse. Plus, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound effects man Mr. Fred Newman, a trio of horns sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
May 19, 2012 rebroadcast with Steve Martin, The Steep Canyon Rangers, Martin Sheen, Heather Masse, Arlo Guthrie, and Hilary Thavis
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, while the cast and crew are off packing their steamer trunks for the remainder of our live broadcast season, we'll take time to revisit two shows we did from Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Steve Martin endures a few banjo jokes and joins The Steep Canyon Rangers, Martin Sheen appears as Jimmy Flannigan, concert pianist, in an episode of Guy Noir, and Heather Masse sings her "Bird Song." Plus, Arlo Guthrie enforces his "No Singing Along" rule in The Lives of the Cowboys, Hilary Thavis sings the "Facebook Blues" and Lake Wobegon is a-buzz with stories of the miracles of Pastor Liz.
May 12, 2012 broadcast with Joe Ely, Sam Bush, and Lera Lynn
Coming to you this week from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, road-tested Texas troubadour Joe Ely, the King of Newgrass, Sam Bush, and Southern noir songstress Lera Lynn. 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.
May 5, 2012 broadcast with Pop Wagner, Charlie Maguire, Tony Glover, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, Howard Levy, Dean Magraw, and Andra Suchy
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a live broadcast performance from the State Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With special guests, cowboy singing idol Pop Wagner, Minnesota folkie Charlie Maguire, and bluesman Tony Glover. Also with us, singing siblings Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, harmonica legend Howard Levy, flawless flatpicker Dean Magraw, and singer Andra Suchy. All that, plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell and Sue Scott, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
April 28, 2012 broadcast with Suzy Bogguss, Steve Wariner, Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys, and Robin and Linda Williams
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a live broadcast performance from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. With special guests, big-time country artist and singer of American folk songs, Suzy Bogguss, Certified Guitar Player Steve Wariner, Music City stalwart Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys, and good friends Robin and Linda Williams. 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 21, 2012 broadcast with Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Aoife O'Donovan, and Heather Masse
Coming to you this week from the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, hall of famer Emmylou Harris and the Red Dirt Boys, big league bluegrass ace Sam Bush, and America's favorite fiddler, Stuart Duncan. Plus, sizzling vocalists Aoife O'Donovan and Heather Masse, 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 14, 2012 broadcast with Renee Fleming, Punch Brothers, Aoife O'Donovan, and Heather Masse
Coming to you live this week from The Town Hall in New York City, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, indie-rock-singing soprano Renée Fleming and masters of acoustic experimentation Punch Brothers. Also with us, ethereal vocalists Aoife O'Donovan and Heather Masse, 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.