A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

Charles Keating

CHARLES KEATING was born in London and has worked in the theater, in film, and on television on both sides of the Atlantic. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he performed in Stratford-upon-Avon and in London’s West End. In the United States, he has been seen on Broadway in Loot, for which he earned a Tony nomination, and off-Broadway in What the Butler Saw, A Man for All Seasons, Doctor’s Dilemma, Light Up the Sky, and Pygmalion. Keating has directed theatrical performances in the United States and abroad, and has appeared at U.S. campuses as a guest artist and lecturer. In addition to his Emmy-winning portrayal of Carl Hutchins on the daytime drama Another World, his television credits include Brideshead Revisited, Providence, Sex in the City, Fresno, The Equalizer, and the BBC’s Shakespeare Series. His feature-film credits include The Bodyguard, Awakenings, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Going to Extremes. Beginning January 12, Keating begins a second run playing Malvolio in the Guthrie Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Laurie Lewis

LAURIE LEWIS grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, and learned to play the violin as a child. She was exposed to folk music at the Berkeley Folk Festivals and spent the ’70s playing at fiddle contests and with various bands. She has toured and recorded with many of the greats of bluegrass and traditional country music. In addition to her own albums, such as Laurie Lewis and Her Bluegrass Pals and Seeing Things (both on Rounder Records), she has produced projects for other artists, including long-time collaborator Tom Rozum's solo debut album Jubilee (Dog Boy Records). Originally from New England, Rozum moved to Berkeley via Arizona and San Diego, where he played many kinds of traditional and original music and honed his swing chops. He joined forces with Lewis in 1986 as part of the original Grant Street Band, and has toured and recorded with her ever since. Their duet album The Oak and the Laurel (Rounder Records) received a 1996 Grammy nomination, and their latest CD together is Winter's Grace (Signature Sounds). Bruce Molsky is a highly regarded old-time fiddler, banjoist, and singer. He has performed and recorded with many fine artists, including Mike Seeger and Darol Anger. His new solo recording Poor Man’s Troubles (Rounder) was released in April. (www.laurielewis.com and www.brucemolsky.com)

Marc Anderson

MARC ANDERSON was born and raised in Austin Minnesota. After seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, he started drum lessons, and later found inspiration in the sounds and rhythms of Santana, Weather Report with Dom Um Ramao, and The Paul Winter Consort. After a stay in Florida, he moved to the Twin Cities, where he hooked up with Steve Tibbetts, with whom he has since worked and toured for over twenty years. Tibbetts encouraged him to study tabla drumming, and with Sowah Mensah, a master drummer and composer from Ghana, he began his ongoing study of Ghanaian music. Anderson has remained involved in a variety of musical styles and projects, including performances on more than 150 records and CD with artists such as Peter Ostroushko, Claudia Schmidt, Dean Magraw, Dave Moore, and Greg Brown. His two solo CDs are Time Fish (East Side Digital Records) and Ruby (Fat Hands Music). He is currently working on three group projects, and also performs as a solo artist. As an adjunct professor in the anthropology department at Hamline University, he leads an African drum ensemble and co-teaches an African Cultures class. Nswode is made up of a number of Anderson’s students. (www.fathands.com)