Bison-based songwriter and musician Eliza Blue hosts the second season of the warm-hearted and all-rural traveling music series. Wish You Were Here works as a visual ethnographic almanac, following the ecology and seasonality of raising food on the high plains, interspersed with original stories, an appreciation of nature and art, and songs about life on the prairie.
This month Blue takes us to Bohemian Hall in Mandan, North Dakota. A clapboard-sided, gabled lodge, Bohemian Hall has hosted social, political, and community gatherings since 1907. Farmer and folk musician Chuck Suchy, North Dakota’s official state troubadour, and Blue share songs they perform in the rural gathering place. “He’s a really amazing guy and beautiful songwriter,” says Blue.
SDPB1: Thursday, Jan. 6, 8:30pm (7:30 MT) & Sunday, Jan. 9, 1:30pm (12:30 MT)