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A Prairie Home Companion for April 29, 2017

April 25, 2015 rebroadcast with Brooklyn Rider, The Wailin' Jennys, and Sharon Olds
DateApril 29, 2017VenueFrom The Town Hall | New York, NYDuration01:59:08HostGarrison Keillor

Description

This week's classic rebroadcast: we'll revisit anApril 2015show fromThe Town Hallin New York City, New York.Brooklyn Riderperform "Show Me" and "Little Birdie,"The Wailin' Jennyssing "Deeper Well" and Gillian Welch's "Orphan Girl," and poetSharon Oldsreads "Material Ode" and "Where She Is Now." Plus:Rich Dworskyand the Dworsky New York Orchestra play "I Can See Summer," a script for National Poetry Month and a word from Fred Farrell Animal Calls. In Lake Wobegon, Arlene Bunsen counsels her goddaughter Charlotte against taking up the trombone.

Tags

Classic rebroadcast rundown - A Prairie Home Companion for April 25, 2015Script: Panhandle - April 25, 2015Script: Fred Farrell - April 25, 2015Script: Foolish - April 25, 2015Script: Our Town - April 25, 2015Script: New Yorkers - April 11, 2015Brooklyn RiderThe Wailin' JennysSharon OldsGarrison KeillorRich Dworsky and the Dworsky New York OrchestraTim RussellSue ScottFred Newman

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues
00:00:57 GK VO Open
00:01:44 GK opens, talks about flowers of spring, frequent flyer miles, opera, Harvard visit
00:05:42 Harvard- GK and Richard Dworsky
00:08:28 Panhandle script
00:18:59 I Can See Summer- Richard Dworsky and The Dworsky New York Orchestra
00:21:23 Fred Farrell script
00:23:34 Deeper Well- The Wailin' Jennys
00:28:35 Across the Sea- Wailin' Jennys
00:32:21 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2
00:33:39 GK VO Powdermilk
00:35:24 Poetry (There's No Business Like Show Business)- GK and band
00:38:06 GK intros Brooklyn Rider
00:38:34 Show Me- Brooklyn Rider
00:43:41 Heavy Tree Gap- Brooklyn Rider
00:47:04 I Heard the Bluebirds Sing (Geese) (4/18/15)
00:48:52 Foolish script
00:59:48 Intermission- One Fine Day

Segment 3
01:03:19 Greetings
01:05:42 GK talks with Sharon Olds, she recites "Material Old" and "That One Girl at the Boy's Party" and "Where She Is Now"
01:15:20 Our Town script
01:20:32 Sheriff's Freude- Brooklyn Rider
01:24:55 The Old Churchyard- Wailin' Jennys

Segment 4
01:28:48 News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
01:42:29 Little Birdie- Brooklyn Rider
01:44:30 NYER script (4/11/15)
01:48:59 Orphan Girl- The Wailin' Jennys
01:52:55 Trio- GK, Richard Dworsky, Wailin' Jennys
01:55:59 Credits, Little Birdie reprise

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