Thile will guest host the show on January 30 and February 6. Both episodes
will be broadcast from Minnesota.
FWIW, the two will share the stage on the January 23 show, coming from San
Diego.
And while there are no Newark dates currently scheduled, the show will have one
of its periodic runs in NYC's Town Hall in April.
And the music guests for the Thile hosted shows, IMO, would stand as much of a
chance being booked if Keillor was hosting.
David
From: Bob Jersey <[email protected]>
To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 9:34 AM
Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: Garrison Kellior Leaving 'Prairie Home'
Mark Jeffries, back in June '15:
The 72-year-old host and creator of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion"
says that the new season starting in the fall will be a transitional period as
he turns the show over to bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile of Nickel Creek,
who filled in twice last year--by then, the show will lose most of its comedy
segments and become primarily music, which will be interesting to see how it
plays out, considering that folk music audiences are aging rapidly--will
American Public Media be leaning on Kellior's Prairie Home Productions to make
the guest lists more adult album alternative-friendly (like WFUV New York, KCRW
LA, WXPN Philly, APM's the Current in the Twin Cities, etc., none of which
carry the show [although the other two APM stations in the Twins do])?:
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ local/ci_28387988/garrison-
keillor-sees-transition-out- prairie-home-companion
It's not that APM already has an alternative out there, with "Wits," a weekly
mostly-improv comedy show that originates from St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater
(same theater where "Prairie Home" originates), which books AAA musical guests.
It's on a respectable number of stations, but of the Big 3 markets it's only
on APM-managed KPCC in LA.
CNN's Poppy Harlow -- Minnesotan, as Garrison is -- chatted with him for a
Saturday show (Minn. Star-Tribune link)... his Web-guy says he'll be hitting
the road between now and his reported final PHC... nearest stop to my area is
probably Newark, NJ...
B
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