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Classic episodes from the “A Prairie Home Companion” archives

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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A Prairie Home Companion:  November 3, 2012 (repeat from Oct 2011)

A Prairie Home Companion: November 3, 2012 (repeat from Oct 2011)

Our classic show this week is a rebroadcast of performance from Fall 2011 with guests John Lithgow, acoustic duo Storyhill and Nashville virtuoso, Steve Wariner.

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A Prairie Home Companion: November 10, 2017

A Prairie Home Companion: November 10, 2017

This weeks feature comes from The State Theater in Minneapolis with guests Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and The Whites.

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A Prairie Home Companion: November 6, 2010 (a fall compilation)

A Prairie Home Companion: November 6, 2010 (a fall compilation)

This November classic from 2010 was a compilation of some of our favorite past fall broadcasts with guests including, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Robin and Linda Williams and broadcaster, Harry Smith.

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