Garrison Keillor
Elvin Bishop
Bluesman Elvin Bishop was a founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band. He went solo in 1968, moved to the Bay Area, and co...
Inga Swearingen: First Rain
Inga Swearingen always loved singing, whether it was with her elementary school choir in San Luis Obispo, California, or performing her own songs ...
Andra Suchy
Andra Suchy spent her childhood on a farm near Mandan, North Dakota, the daughter of two talented singers. By the time she was in grade school, sh...
Motherhood: A Radio Collection
From Garrison Keillor:
“She brought you forth out of the cloud of genetics and fed and clothed you and taught you to wipe yourself and say Please...
Prairie Home: The True Story
Chris Monroe is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is the creator of the long-running weekly comic strip "Violet Days," which can be see...
Jokes, Jokes, Jokes and more Jokes
A few weeks back, we featured the A Prairie Home Companion Joke Show. . . it is a 2 hour laugh fest featuring jokes that were submitted by fans on ...
Dakota Dave Hull
Fargo native Dakota Dave Hull strummed his first guitar chord when he was about 10. He's still at it. After moving to the Twin Cities in the late '...
We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor
EXCERPT: How To Write a Letter
from Garrison Keillor's book 'We Are Still Married'
We shy persons need to write a letter now and then, or else ...
Joe Newberry
Missouri native and North Carolina transplant Joe Newberry has made music most of his life. He grew up in a family full of singers and dancers, ...
An interview with Suzy Bogguss
Interview by David Edin for APHC
From her earliest years growing up in Aledo, Illinois, Suzy Bogguss loved music. She joined the church choir at ...
Kate Mackenzie: Bluegrass Royalty
Kate MacKenzie has been a favorite guest of A Prairie Home Companion since 1981. For many years, she was lead singer of Stoney Lonesome, with wh...
Dan Newton - Accordian Player
After winning the Nebraska State Accordion Contest at the Czech Festival in Wilber in 1987, Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton moved to Minnesota and has ...