This week, a live broadcast performance from the Skoglund Center Auditorium at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. With special guests, the entire St. Olaf Orchestra and St. Olaf Choir in the same space, at the same time. Will there be enough air? Will somebody faint? Tune in and find out! Also with us, Philip Brunelle, vocalist Heather Masse, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell and Sue Scott, Rich Dworsky and Pat Donohue, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion a nostalgic fall rewind show featuring bits and pieces from a few shows we did last November, including the Punch Brothers with their song called "Next to the Trash," the angelic singing and fiddling Quebe Sisters Band, Public Radio's BFF Paula Poundstone, and The Nashville Bluegrass Band. Also, Floridian guitarist JJ Grey and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham as the diva Sally Saltine in an episode of Guy Noir. Plus, a segment devoted to our dearly departed Tom Keith, including: Larry in the Basement, Maurice from Café Beouf, and Tom sings in a kilt, totally commando.

It's a weekend for remembrances this Saturday, as we head to Murray, Kentucky and the CFSB Center on the campus of Murray State University to recall the life and music of the Great Grandfather of Bluegrass music, Bill Monroe. An impressive line-up of Bill's musical colleagues and friends joins us, including "Blue Grass Boys" alumni: fiddler Bob Black, singer-guitarist Tom Ewing, bassist Mark Hembree, fiddler Bobby Hicks, singer-guitarist Peter Rowan, mandolinist Roland White, and banjo player Blake Williams. Also joining in the celebration, fiddler Stuart Duncan and singer Kathy Chiavola along with our own Rich Dworsky and Pat Donohue. Plus, a few kind words for our dear friend and colleague Tom Keith.

Coming to you this week live from the Colorado Springs World Arena, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Featuring the sweetest cowgirl singer West of the Mississippi, Stephanie Davis. Plus, our old Appalachian relations Robin and Linda Williams, and spirited string band The Haunted Windchimes. 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.

Coming to you live this week from The Fitzgerald Theater, in downtown St. Paul, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With this week's special guests, Author, distinguished Broadway Actor and Academy Award-nominee John Lithgow, acoustic duo Storyhill, and Nashville guitar heavy Steve Wariner. Peter Ostroushko and Butch Thompson sit in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, and the latest autumnal update from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week live from The Fitzgerald Theater, in downtown St. Paul, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With this week's special guests, Nashville singer-songwriter and living legend Gillian Welch, Soul Siblings Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, and pedal steel master Joe Savage. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week live from The Fitzgerald Theater, in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Texas Country Super Man, Joe Ely, and Northern Soul Sisters Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater, in downtown St. Paul, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guest internationally celebrated Tenor Raúl Melo, the premier male chorus in the United States, Cantus, and eclectic vocalist Heather Masse. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we continue our fall home stand at the Fitzgerald Theater with special guests, songwriter's musician and statesman of British rock Nick Lowe, Iowa songwriter Dave Moore, and young singer and actress Megan Fischer. Also with us; singer Andra Suchy, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week from the home field of great Public Radio, The Fitzgerald Theater. It's the season opener of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, PLUS, the traditional after show Meat loaf Supper and Street Dance. With special guests, havin' a good time ALL the time, The Derailers, and Québécois légendes Le Vent Du Nord. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.