A Prairie Home Companion for May 23, 2015
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This week, we're heading to Vienna, Virginia for a live broadcast from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, where the wolves howl up on the big hill. You've heard their musical accomplishments as solo artists, but now singers Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan will debut their knockout I'm With Her trio stateside after a much-lauded barnstorming tour through Europe. The crack instrumentalists of the United States Navy Band join us to boost the public radio esprit de corps and kick off the Memorial Day weekend with a few marches, patriotic selections, and orchestral features. Plus, our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, will lend their voices to some over-the-air theater; and music director and pianist Rich Dworsky will lead The Wolves of Rhythm (Bernie Dresel on drums, bassist Larry Kohut, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, and guitarist Chris Siebold) on some hot jazz and rock 'n' roll favorites. All that and the latest News from Lake Wobegon, and you have the perfect recipe for the start of summer (or something like it). Fire up the grill and the radio and we'll see you Saturday evening.