Most of us know Garrison Keillor as the host and creator of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion, which introduced the sleepy Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon to millions of listeners throughout the world. Keillor is the best-selling author of several novels based on the famous fictitious town, such as Lake Wobegon Days and Wobegon Boy. However, long before Keillor became a respected author and writer whose work regularly appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, he was a radio...Read Full Story
Lake Wobegon U.S.A.: Rhubarb (Prairie Home Companion) by Garrison Keillor (1)Buy new: $13.95 $11.86 24 used & new from $7.89(Visit the Best Sellers in Radio list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Buy from Amazon.comAll prices are grab on posted date from Amazon, Please check price before you checkout.Read Full Story
Lake Wobegon U.S.A.: Rhubarb (Prairie Home Companion) by Garrison Keillor (1)Buy new: $13.95 $11.86 24 used & new from $7.89(Visit the Best Sellers in Radio list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Buy from Amazon.comAll prices are grab on posted date from Amazon, Please check price before you checkout.Read Full Story
Motherhood (Prairie Home Companion) by Garrison Keillor, Ensemble cast (1)Buy new: $24.95 $18.96 47 used & new from $6.80(Visit the Best Sellers in Radio Shows list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Buy from Amazon.comAll prices are grab on posted date from Amazon, Please check price before you checkout.Read Full Story
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This anniversary release features highlights from 25 years on the air, including favorite monologues like “Truckstop,” “Gospel Birds” and “Pontoon Boat,” plus brand-new stories never before available on audio. Also includes a special bonus collection of 25 toe-tapping tunes with down-home music from long-time show regulars, including Butch Thompson, the Powdermilk Biscuit Band, Greg Brown, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Robin and Linda Williams, and many more.
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Summer Love: Garrison Keillor and the cast of A Prairie Home Companion (Prairie Home Companion (Music)) by Garrison Keillor, Ensemble Cast (3)Buy new: $24.95 $21.33 36 used & new from $12.39(Visit the Best Sellers in Radio Shows list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Review & DescriptionIn the summer of 2010, Garrison Keillor, Nickel Creek’s Sara Watkins, the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, and sound-effects artist Fred Newman went on a whirlwind tour of 25 cities in...Read Full Story
Tom Keith: Sound Effects Man (A Prairie Home Companion) by Garrison Keillor, Ensemble Cast, Tom Keith Publication Date: August 7, 2012Buy new: $16.95 $11.53 (Visit the Hot New Releases in Radio Shows list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Read Full Story
In February, we reported that Garrison Keillor mocked Newt Gingrich as a "polygamist" on his NPR show "A Prairie Home Companion" -- even though Keillor has also had three wives. On Saturday, Keillor returned to mocking Gingrich as he folded his ...
As a child, you suffered boredom, which made you a keen observer of your surroundings ... through little towns of old white houses with big gardens burgeoning with jasmine and honeysuckle. And then there is North Dakota, which is sheer grandeur ...
When Garrison Keillor’s variety radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, tours the country, he always plays two shows at D.C.’s Filene Center at Wolf Trap. According to the Washington...
of his much-loved radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Join us on the evening of July 13th at the Hollywood Bowl for this unique blend of music and comedy that audiences have come to treasure. Single tickets go on sale May 5. For more information or to ...
The Occupy movement protests against economic inequality and the concentration of wealth among an elite few. In Garrison Keillor’s fictional town of Lake Wobegon, “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” Surprisingly, the former may have something to do with the latter.read more
Lake Wobegon, in my perfect though humble opinion, is so similar to many of Maine's quiet little towns, such as Roxbury, Waterford, Hebron, or Steuben, that I sometimes think Keillor really wrote about those towns and just called them Lake Wobegon and misplaced them in Minnesota.
We're getting lots of feedback from him." Photo by Tatiana Craine The highlight of the past week for Schmutterer was the reading of Keillor's new book. "We packed the empty storefront next to us. Afterwards, people just came and filled the store.