Feb 6, 2021
This week on Tent Show Radio, we have two great groups who played under the Big Top Tent in 2008. In the first half of the show, the award-winning Cowboy Junkies rocked out with us here in Bayfield during their 2008 international tour promoting their new album Trinity Revisited, which was a 20th anniversary of their original recording of the Trinity Session. You'll enjoy this Toronto alternative country/blues/folk rock band formed in '85 by Margo Timmins (vocalist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Alan Anton (bassist).
The second half of Tent Show Radio this week features The Wailin' Jennys The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse – three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. Starting as a happy accident of solo singer/songwriters getting together for a one-time-only performance at a tiny guitar shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Wailin’ Jennys have grown over the years into one of today’s most beloved international folk/pop/world acts.
First broadcast in
1994, Tent Show Radio is a one-hour public radio program
created from the best live recordings from acclaimed musical acts
who grace the Big Top Chautauqua stage each summer in beautiful
Bayfield, WI. During intermission, host Michael Perry spins a
story “from the backstage dressing room, with the one lonely little
light bulb burning." Topics range from Mike’s battles
with trees, to the behavior of rogue chickens, to the search for
hope while stoking a wood stove in the darkness.
Running 52 weeks a year, Tent Show Radio is broadcast on 31
listener supported radio stations across 6 states and on most
podcast streaming platforms. "Tent Show Radio" is also available
for streaming at www.tentshowradio.org.
Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua was founded in 1986. The first
show under canvas was the Nelson-Ferris Concert Company
Production Riding the
Wind, the story of Bayfield and Madeline
Island. Since then Big Top has welcomed
over 700,000 patrons to the grounds
for 2,000+ concerts and shows and
countless lectures, workshops and other unique events. In addition
to the action on the tent grounds, Big Top has also broadcast its
performances over the public radio airwaves since 1994
through Tent Show
Radio, bringing Big Top
concerts into living rooms across the country and around the world
via internet streaming and podcasts. Our resident band,
the Blue Canvas
Orchestra, also tours to
theaters and schools throughout the Upper Midwest. Over the course
of 30 years we’ve touched millions of lives and created millions of
memories with our eclectic blend of excellent musical
offerings.