A Prairie Home Companion May 9 in Durham NC

The homeplace

If I could do it all over again, I would. And then again. And again. You get the idea, here.

Click below to listen to the performance from the Durham Performing Arts Center, in Durham, North Carolina. With special guests, Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Kari and myself as Polecat Creek, and old-time string band Big Medicine.

Tags: , , , ,
  • 13 May 2009
  • Category: Theater
  • Author: admin
  • Comments Off

Thank you, Mr. Keillor

Stages

Soon as the audio archive posts on A Prairie Home Companion Web site, I’ll link it here. In the meantime, thank you to the folks who listened, laughed and clapped in all the right places. And special thanks to the other fine bands who performed on the pre-Mother’s Day show: Robin & Linda Williams, and Big Medicine.

For now, getting ready to leave radio land and head for the coast. Next week begins the Blue Skies, Golden Sands tour with the North Carolina Symphony.

This unique performance, led by a narrator, takes you through North Carolina’s long history with serenading the sand and skies. From early Native American flute songs, to folk songs caught by coastal song catchers, and, finally to the R&B influenced sound that eventually lured thousands of kids beach-side to shag to Beach Music.

Hope to see you there.

May 19 – 23
Laurelyn touring with NC Symphony
Blue Skies Golden Sands series
see website for locations and dates

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
  • 26 Apr 2009
  • Category: Theater
  • Author: admin
  • Comments Off

Mother-daughter duo take second place

Picture 20

North Carolina mother-daughter duo Lee and Sarah Atkinson took second place in Prairie Home Companion’s The Great American Duet Sing-Off Saturday, April 9.

The pair sang Laurelyn’s “That I Should Know Your Face,” which Lee and Sarah learned from Polecat Creek’s record “Leaving Eden.” The duo are lifelong residents of North Carolina. Lee lives in Greensboro with her husband, John; daughter Sarah and her husband, Grant, make their home in Asheville. They did an amazing job, bravely singing a capella for a radio audience of millions.

You can hear their award-winning performance HERE.

And you can watch the two backstage getting ready for the show around minute 5:25 on this video.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • 17 Apr 2009
  • Category: Theater
  • Author: admin
  • Comments Off
<< Previous Posts     More Posts >>