Search results for

Episode 151 features Toronto singer Rosanne Baker Thornley, musician Christian Motos, true-crime podcaster and singer Chris Lambert, Medora rancher Clay Schaeffer, and North Dakota columnist Jessie Veeder.

Episode 112 features Cody Dickinson of Grammy-nominated blues-rock band North Mississippi All Stars, singer-songwriter Anna Tivel, rising musician Catherine Campbell, and family bluegrass band Headin’ Home. Plus, Utah’s poet laureate Lisa Blackmore reads three poems, including one about country great Hank Williams.

Episode 113 features North Dakota group Bill Falcon & The Good Medicine Band, multi-genre musician Piney Gir, Minnesota duo Maygen & The Birdwatcher, folk duo The Baker’s Basement, and Swedish singer-songwriter Anders Jörnesten. Plus, we remember the late Kinky Friedman, and revisit our conversation with him from last year.

Episode 111 features Jenny Owen Youngs, a hit co-writer, acclaimed singer-songwriter and wildly popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcaster, Lyle Lovett's award-winning fiddler Luke Bulla, folk band il gato and musician Mol Sullivan. Plus, Plains Folk essayist Tom Isern traces the origins of Great Plains ballad, "Little Sod Shanty on the Claim."

Episode 114 features poet Serena Chopra, Minneapolis band Sleeping Jesus, singer-songwriter Michelle Moonshine, and Everly Brothers-inspired duo The Lostines. Plus, an interview with country musician Jim Lauderdale.

Now a museum that preserves the history of Ray, North Dakota, the town's former opera house stands strong thanks to local volunteers. Tom Brosseau visits with former caretaker of the Ray Opera House, Charlotte Hoddenfield.

Episode 115 features The Wagoneers frontman Monte Warden, musician Pi Jacobs, singer-songwriter Jack McKeon, and Minot musician Heather Rae. Plus, we learn about the Ray Opera House in Ray, North Dakota, as Tom interviews one of the opera house’s caretakers, Charlotte Hodenfield.

Episode 117 features harpist Hattie Webb, country band Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, blues musician Eden Brent, and poet Wander. Plus, Tom visits the Taylor Opera House in Taylor, North Dakota.

Episode 118 features French singer-songwriter Annika Jayne, singer and storyteller Doug Wintch, musician Jonny Polonsky, and “Queen of the West” Emily Walter performs two North Dakota songs. Plus, a live set from The Western Flyers at the Harold Schafer Heritage Center in Medora, North Dakota.

Episode 119 features Juno Award-winning musician Donovan Woods, acoustic duo Bridges Home, country singer-songwriter Bob Sumner, violinist Tamara Bertram, and Minnesota singer Pamela McNeil.