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Classic episodes from the “A Prairie Home Companion” archives

A Prairie Home Companion:  January 27, 1996

A Prairie Home Companion: January 27, 1996

A “Not To Be Missed” 1996 classic from the Fitzgerald Theater with Rosemary Clooney, Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, Helen Bonchek Schneyer and Vern Sutton

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A Prairie Home Companion:  January 20, 1996

A Prairie Home Companion: January 20, 1996

A classic 1996 broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater with Canadian folk group, Ad Vielle Que Pourra and from South American musicians, Ch’uwa Yacu.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  January 13, 2007

A Prairie Home Companion: January 13, 2007

This featured show comes from San Francisco, 2007 with special guests Maria Muldaur and all-gal urban group The Stairwell Sisters.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  January 6, 2001

A Prairie Home Companion: January 6, 2001

This 2001 Fitzgerald Theater classic A Prairie Home Companion included guests Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum and Bruce Molsky, actor Charles Keating and a 12-person drum ensemble with Marc Anderson.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  December 30, 2006

A Prairie Home Companion: December 30, 2006

This classic A Prairie Home Companion, wrapped up 2006 with a show in New York with guest: jazz pianist and vocalist Bob Dorough, jazz singer Prudence Johnson, and the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band with Vince Giordano and Andy Stein sitting in.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  December 23, 2000

A Prairie Home Companion: December 23, 2000

A very special 2000 classic from The Town Hall in New York City, with special guests: Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, singer Ann Hampton Callaway, actresses Alice Playten and Linda Lavin, broadway actor Howard McGillian and Robin & Linda Williams. Plus, Bill McLaughlin and Peter Schickele square off to determine who can write the most unusual piece of holiday music.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  December 16, 2006

A Prairie Home Companion: December 16, 2006

This A Prairie Home Companion classic is from 2006 in New York City with special guests, dobro player , Jerry Douglas and his band and the 44th poet laureate of the United States Billy Collins.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  December 9, 2006

A Prairie Home Companion: December 9, 2006

A New York Prairie Home 2005 classic with Irish traditional vocalist Karan Casey, fiddler Stuart Duncan, and a titan of the jazz tuba Howard Johnson and Gravity.

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A Prairie Home Companion:  December 2, 2000

A Prairie Home Companion: December 2, 2000

This classic comes from a 2000 The Town Hall broadcast with special guest Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and a visit from some of New York City’s most exciting subway musicians including Natalia Paruz (musical saw), Jorge Luzuriaga (vocals/gtr), Church of Betty, and Spank. 

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A Prairie Home Companion:  November 12, 2012

A Prairie Home Companion: November 12, 2012

Our 2012 classic show comes from Chicago performance with guests Lera Lynn, opera singer Nathan Gunn and Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me’s Peter Sagal.

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