Nellie McKay

April 12, 2008

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we return to The Town Hall in New York City for our Spring Sonnet contest (see details below). This week's special guests include eclectic singer-songwriter Nellie McKay, sultry alto Prudence Johnson, Metropolitan Opera tenor Raúl Melo, and mandolin maestro Chris Thile. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this week, for a poetic exploration into the human heart and the power of love.

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Segment 1
00:00	Logo
00:13	Tishomingo Blues, GK opens
04:03	Marydel Rosenfield sonnet, more sonnets, "I Think of You", "When I Dream"
15:00	GK talks about the Olympic torch, papal visit, taxes
15:36	T for Taxes- Shoe Band
17:55	Fred script
24:26	more sonnets
26:41	"Ah! Leve-Toi Soleil"- Raúl Melo, with Michael Recchiuti
32:07	GK talks to Raúl Melo
33:08	Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
34:50	GK talks about sonnet statistics
35:32	GK intros Nellie McKay
36:38	"Testify"- Nellie McKay and Shoe Band
40:25	"Zombie"- Nellie McKay and Shoe Band
45:29	Guy Noir script
1:02:14	Intermission - "Blue Skies"
Segment 3
1:06:12	"There's No Business Like Show Business"/ "Ol' Man River"/ "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'"
1:13:30	"Buckets of Rain"- Pat Donohue and Chris Thile
1:16:22	More sonnets, Aura Lee/ In the Gloaming/ Let it Be Me
1:27:26	GK intros Raúl Melo
1:28:17	"Che Gelida Manina"- Raúl Melo, with Michael Recchiuti
Segment 4
1:33:35	The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
1:45:00	"I Wanna Get Married"- Nellie McKay
1:49:30	"Wayside"- Chris Thile
1:52:24	GK thanks sonnet writers, picks winner: Marydel Rosenfield
1:55:20	Credits, "True Love Ways" closer