January 28, 2012 broadcast with Joshua Bell, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, Kenni Holmen, and Steve Strand
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, another winter wonder from The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, with graceful violin virtuoso Joshua Bell, singing sisters of Soul Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, and saxophonist Kenni Holmen and trumpeter Steve Strand sit in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe (and Boot) Band. Plus, Sue Scott and Tim Russell and the latest news from finally frozen Lake Wobegon.
January 21, 2012 broadcast with Leo Kottke
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, we welcome the original renegade guitar picker Leo Kottke to The Fitzgerald Theater, for a two hour broadcast performance. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell and Sue Scott, Rich Dworsky & The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, vocalist Andra Suchy, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
January 14, 2012 broadcast with Brad Paisley, Cantus, and Andra Suchy
Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater, in downtown St. Paul, the year's first complete live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, the Nashville Idol Brad Paisley, and soul stirring men's vocal ensemble Cantus. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell and Sue Scott, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, vocalist Andra Suchy, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
January 7, 2012 rebroadcast with Charles Overton, Ed Koch, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Tom Rush, Rich Dworsky, and Nick Lowe
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, a look back with a slurry of memorable clips from 2011. Young and inspiring harpist Charles Overton plays Debussy, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch reads Shakespeare, and Gillian Welch sings Jefferson Airplane. Emmylou Harris joins The Royal Academy of Radio Actors as a waitress in The Lives of the Cowboys, singer-songwriter Tom Rush plays his only children's song, and Guy Noir is on bed bug detail. Plus, Rich Dworsky's "Other Carnival of the Animals," Nick Lowe's "Stoplight Roses" and the springtime return of the tundra swans to Lake Wobegon.
December 31, 2011 broadcast with Jake Shimabukuro, Danny Carvalho, and Ledward Kaapana
Coming to you this week on A Prairie Home Companion, a live broadcast performance from the island paradise of Oahu, Hawaii. With special guests, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, slack key guitarist Danny Carvalho, and legendary Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner; multi-instrumentalist Ledward Kaapana. Also with us, vocalist Heather Masse, slack key Kahuna Jeff Peterson, 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.
December 24, 2011 rebroadcast with Nathan Gunn, Peter Schickele, Pink Martini, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings
Coming to you this week from the back of Santa's sleigh, a mixed bag of Christmas treats from the vast radio archives including baritone Nathan Gunn, and a small army of Neglected Orchestral Instruments led by composer Peter Schickele. Pink Martini plays "We Three Kings," Gillian Welch and David Rawlings sing "Hard Times" (and it's not the one you're thinking of), and Santa talks about the harsh realities of global gift giving. Plus, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors in an inspirational story for those whose teens have come home to roost for the holidays, a cautionary tale about holiday employment in retail, and a special live-and-in-person Christmas greeting from the host (in Hawaii) to begin the festivities.
December 17, 2011 broadcast with Gillian Welch, Itzhak Perlman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Joel Grey and Rob Fisher, and the DiGiallonardo Sisters
Coming to you this week from the Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City, a lively and sure-to-be-festive-holiday-broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, with this week's special guests, demurring singer-songwriter Gillian Welch, Itzhak Perlman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Joel Grey and Rob Fisher, and The DiGiallonardo Sisters. Following last week's living nativity at Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, it's hard to believe, but there is still more Christmas to be had in Lake Wobegon. Also with us, The Royal Academy; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and much more.
December 10, 2011 broadcast with the DiGiallonardo Sisters, George Bilgere, Kristin Chenoweth, and Rob Fisher
Coming to you from The Town Hall in New York City this week, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Bensonhurst harmonizers The DiGiallonardo Sisters, a poet who knows how to blend the sentimental and the sarcastic, George Bilgere, actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth, and pianist, conductor, and musical scholar Rob Fisher. Also with us, 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.
December 3, 2011 broadcast with Nellie McKay and Heather Masse
Coming to you live this week from the Town Hall on West 43rd Street, in New York City, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With this week's special guests, singer-songwriter, actor, and former stand-up comedienne Nellie McKay, and eclectic vocalist Heather Masse. Also with us, 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.
November 26, 2011 broadcast with Rob Fisher, Calvin Trillin, Debra Monk, and Heather Masse
Coming to you this week, a live broadcast performance from the Town Hall in New York, NY. With special guests, distinguished conductor and pianist Rob Fisher, humorist Calvin Trillin, actress and singer Debra Monk, and vocalist Heather Masse. Also with us, 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.