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09/16/2025

Marshall Crenshaw talks about why he named his new album after his studio, The Hellhole, and it’s a true pleasure to have this legendary performer on the show. Also, Denison Witmer shares “Shade I’ll Never See”; snowboarder, activist, and musician Greta Gaines graces our program, as well as new music by Ramona and the Holy Smokes and from Minot, 49th Parallel.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

09/12/2025

Troubadour Grant-Lee Phillips, CJ Lewandowski shares music and last thoughts on bluegrass legend Bobby Osbourne, Twin Cities poet Dessa, Nashville’s bluegrass group East Nash Grass, and Texas singer-songwriter Dallas Burrow.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

08/18/2025

North Dakota’s own singer-songwriters, Jessie Veeder and Clay Schaeffer sparkle the ether on this weekend’s program. Plus, NYC-based musican, photographer, and avid music listener, Christian Motos; true-crime podcaster and songwriter, Chris Lambert; and from Toronto, the fabulous Rosanne Baker Thornley.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

08/16/2025

A stellar lineup of extraordinary guests on today’s Great American Folk Show, featuring a live session from musical prairie-western poet Patty Clayton, singer-songwriters Nate Currin, Samuel Aaron, Andrew Marczak, and a tribute to the Sons of the Pioneers’ recently departed trail boss, Tommy Nallie.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

08/15/2025

Patty Clayton is a poet and an award-winning songwriter from Denver. She sings about historical things with a little Western swing to move it along. Host Tom Brosseau met up with Patty in Medora, ND, for a live session. You’re really going to enjoy it! Also, singer-songwriter Nate Currin, whose vocal delivery, lyrical content, and conviction fit right in with the best of our 1970’s singer-songwriters, will take you for a ride down “The Highway.”

The Great American Folk Show. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

08/04/2025

Shelby Means is a Grammy award-winning musican and bass player whose voice harkens back to the bad ol’ days of country and folk. Her live session will leave you wishing for more. (Thankfully, her debut album is available now.) The MoonCats will make room for you at their Americana show, live from Medora, ND. Plus, songwriter and piano man Revere Rivers, and musician Leanne Surace will dive into the roots of a folk song called “I Found a Horseshoe.”

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

07/29/2025

This weekend’s show is an encore from last year, featuring live sessions from the swing trio The Western Flyers, guitar guru Jonny Polonsky, and Utah’s official troubadour, Doug Wintch. Plus, French singer-songwriter Annika Jayne and Emily Walter, the Queen of the West, live from the Harold Schafer Heritage Center in Medora, ND.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our podcast wherever you get yours and take it wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

07/26/2025

This weekend’s Great American Folk Show is thrilling and the talent is magnificent. Live sessions and monologues from musician Deb Talan, Americana artist Willi Carlisle, and Kerrville award-winning songwriter Olivia Ellen Lloyd. Plus, from Ireland, singer Niall McNamee and a visit with Glenn Gullickson of the Theodore Roosevlet Presidential Library.

Download our NPR Podcasts and listen wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

07/25/2025

This weekend’s show features an interview with Glenn Gullickson, Visitors Services Assistant at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library’s field office downtown Medora, North Dakota. Listeners will get a preview of what to expect when the doors of the new library open on July 4th, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, and also what makes Glenn so good at his job. In a word, it’s all about storytelling.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our NPR Podcasts and listen wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

07/20/2025

Willi Carlisle is a songwriter and singer from Missouri who upholds past folk traditions. For instance, he plays the bazooki, an Ancient Greek acoustic instrument. And the melodies he pulls from are also rooted in folk. “Wildflowers Growin’”, one of his latest compositions, is companionable to the tunes found on the Anthology of American Folk Music. But Willi injects his own life experiences into everything he does. As a result, his music feels familiar while at the same time fresh. He’s our guest on next weekend’s show.

The Great American Folk Show with host Tom Brosseau. Download our NPR Podcasts and listen wherever you go. Or find Prairie Public on your radio across North Dakota, Saturday at 5 PM CT.

07/10/2025

Happy 5th year anniversary…

The Great American Folk Show features artists who discuss the process of creating a work, be it a painting, screenprint, song, poem, a novel, or even a food item. Many North Dakota cafe owners on our recurring segment Dakota Diners have shared popular homemade eats such as apple pie with cheese on top, knoephla soup, and lefse. Yum! The creative process, no matter what the end result may be, relies on a maker’s strength. This is the perfect word to bring up to the top of the pile as GAFS turns five. Five years in any endeavor is known as the wood anniversary and this weekend’s show is a tall and strong one with pently of bark🌳

Tune in Saturday at 5 PM CT by finding Prairie Public on your radio dial in North Dakota or download our NPR Podcasts to hear Seattle’s very own singer-songwriter Shelby Earl, fiddlers Ellie MacPhee from Brooklyn and Josie Tompkins of the Medora Musical; plus, musicians Eoin Glackin from Dublin and Ned Swarbrick from York.

The people who work on this show are just as talented as the folks we spotlight on the show: prodcuer and editor Erik Deatherage, talent producer Mary Jones, director of radio Ann Alquist, digital specialists Christine McClellan and Lizzi Brosseau, and our theme music was created by both Burkum Boys and Sean Watkins. GAFS couldn’t exist without its fans and supporters, so thank you for phoning in a donation over the years, for sending in a check, for spreading the good word and tuning in every week. Deepest gratitude to the John and Elaine Andrist Charitible Trust and the Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region, Minnkota Power Cooperative, First State Bank of Golva, and Erik Lorack and his family.

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