The Manhattan Beat: Live from Here with Chris Thile at the Town Hall

Chris Thile welcomed guests the Pixies, the Black Pumas, Freestyle Love Supreme, Aoife O'Donovan, Crooked Still, and comedian Tom Papa to his live radio broadcast of Live from Here with Chris Thile at the Town Hall on December 7, 2019.

Chris Thile, a vocalist and mandolin player in Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers, became the host of the A Prairie Home Companion radio broadcast in October 2016. Thile replaced Garrison Keillor, who created the live weekly broadcast in 1974 and hosted it until July 2016. In December 2017, A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile was renamed Live from Here with Chris Thile, and continued the format of showcasing folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama, and light humor. The two-hour program airs on Saturday evenings, usually in front of a live audience. The show's 2019-2020 home base is the Town Hall in New York City, but periodically tours to other cities in the United States. Live from Here is the only live music and variety show aired nationwide.

Live from Here is produced by American Public Media. Audio and video clips, along with scripts, photos and information about Live from Here with Chris Thile, can be found at www.livefromhere.org.