Peter picked up his dad’s mandolin when he was a child and that was the start. Soon he could play fiddle or guitar, too. He was a teenager in high school when he knocked on Rudy Darling’s door and said he lived a few houses away and heard Rudy playing as he was walking by […]
Source: Peter Ostroushko: Living in Wonderful Memories and in his Music Forever | Garrison Keillor
“Chris Thile, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, Fred Newman, and Rich Dworsky, with “A Cautionary Tail” on our December 10, 2016 show.”
Garrison Keillor might be the perfect person to talk about the Twin Cities. The longtime host of public radio staple A Prairie Home Companion has lived in the area most of his life and says he doesn’t see himself leaving, even after he turns the show over to Punch Brothers’ Chris Thile next year.Keillor lets us in on a secret: Minnesota winters aren’t actually that bad. In fact, he says he relishes breathing the cold air and hunkering down to get work done. Hear the full conversation on this page.
Source: Sense Of Place Minneapolis: Garrison Keillor : World Cafe : NPR
Whispery and wise and flecked with eccentric humor, Garrison Keillor’s baritone has long seeped across a nation that, despite its perpetual restiveness and cravings for trends, has found comfort in his brand of Midwestern pragmatism, schmaltz and slow-motion charm.
via With grace and sly charm, Garrison Keillor prepares to exit ‘Prairie Home Companion’ – LA Times.
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