Prairie Home Archives
Classic episodes from the “A Prairie Home Companion” archives
Classic episodes from the “A Prairie Home Companion” archives
A 90’s show with rockabilly band Jack Knife & The Sharps, prose poet Louis Jenkins (pictured), mandolin virtuoso Evan Marshall, and Bill Hinkley & Judy Larson.
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“It’s our Halloween weekend show. Compared to Labor Day or Thanksgiving, Halloween is really weird. My next guest is a bat, an ordinary brown bat.”
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With special guests, author, distinguished Broadway actor and Academy Award-nominee John Lithgow. Plus, acoustic duo Storyhill and Nashville guitar man Steve Wariner.
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Another October broadcast, this time from 2009. Featuring country music royalty Rosanne Cash (pictured) and jazz vocalist/songwriter Heather Masse.
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An October broadcast with very special guests, the Queen of the blues renaissance herself, Bonnie Raitt, and firecrackers of the Canadian prairie The Wailin’ Jennys.
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The Young Artists’ Showcase of 1996, featuring artists in their teens and twenties. Kate MacKenzie, the band Solas, Michael Cleveland, and future host Chris Thile appear.
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The official kickoff to the 2005 season! Featuring Andy Stein, Prudence Johnson, and after the show, our annual street dance and meatloaf supper on Exchange Street in St. Paul.
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Featuring Americana music masters Robin and Linda Williams, rollicking bluegrass musicians Mountain Heart, and the late Mike Seeger (pictured).
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A remix of season opener shows from the 2000’s featuring Sara Jarosz and more. In Lake Wobegon, Dorothy at the Chatterbox Cafe is raising eyebrows with a new hairdo.
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More State Fair nostalgia! It’s our 2016 performance at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Grab a bucket of warm chocolate chip cookies and listen in.
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