A Prairie Home Companion for October 10, 2015
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This week: after 41 years on the air, our host accidentally let his radio license lapse. So while he's off filling out forms and taking all the required exams, he's handing the mic over to our friends Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan for a live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In addition to their own prodigious musical talents, they've invited singer and songwriter Tom Brosseau to share his powerful yet humble North-Dakota-infused narratives, and violinist and fiddler Jeremy Kittel and his trio for a selection of masterful bluegrass, classical, and jazz numbers. Plus: holding down the fort as usual, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors - Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman - will bring their full range of comedy and gravitas; and pianist and music director Rich Dworsky leads The Exchange Street Band (Bernie Dresel on drums, bassist Larry Kohut, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, and guitarist Chris Siebold) on whatever our hosts decide to throw at them. We'll catch you on the radio Saturday evening or, if you want to see it all in full color, watch live (5pm to 7pm Central Time) at prairiehome.org!