A Prairie Home Companion for March 5, 2016
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This week: we're on the western shore of Lake Michigan for a live broadcast from the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's the only live show we're doing in March - the month that God created to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like - so we can store up energy for 14 consecutive road shows starting on April 2nd. Songwriter, singer, and guitarist Willy Porter and duet partner Carmen Nickerson sing songs of trouble and love; Christine DiGiallonardo adds her Brooklyn je ne sais quoi to scripts and songs; and harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy will bend notes and minds simultaneously. Plus: past presidents, present presidential aspirants, and a colony of characters from the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; music director and pianist Rich Dworsky commands the house band of drummer Bernie Dresel, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, and Chris Siebold on guitar, and we'll get a rare insight into what bassist Larry Kohut thinks about as he plays. There's also an update on the News from Lake Wobegon, as February fades and March marches in. Warm up the Philco, ease in the ear buds, or crank it up while riding with the top down this Saturday at 5pm Central and we'll see you on the airwaves.