Part 2 of our remote holiday episode! I love the stories and submissions we received in this half. Merry Christmas and happy New Years, friends, here's looking to 2021.

Storytellers:

Abby Ancell

Carolyn Fasnacht

Music:

"When You Come Back Down" - K & M Triplett

"Black Gold/The Night Santa Went Crazy" - Eric Garneau

"Gather Round"

Part 1 of our remote holiday episode! 2020 has been a long, brutal year, and now, for better or worse, we mostly won't be getting together with our friends and families over the holiday season. Let our fine storytellers and musicians help with good thoughts for the months to come.

Storytellers:

Andrea Epplin

Sandy Pensoneau-Conway

Allison MacWilliams-Brooks Talavera

Music:

"The Day Before Thanksgiving" - Tony Baker and Ben Rathert

"Crowded Table" - Eric Garneau and Megan Smith

An unexpected birthday present for me from Eric and the rest of the Cover Stories crew. Get ready for some of the best songs ever written (according to me)!

The Playlist Includes:

Summer Highland Falls

Wait For It

The City of New Orleans

One Sweet Love

Paintings By Chagall

A Man/Me/Then Jim

Tiny Dancer

All These Things I Have Done

I Will Follow You Into the Dark

Plus fond memories of Your Stories past!

Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

The second half of our quarantine episode as the COVID-19 quarantine continues. I'm so so grateful for all these great storytellers willing to share themselves for our show. Together we really can get through this weird time. If you can, take advantage of the weirdness. Maybe lay under your table or look up at clouds in the sky? We're all in this together, friends.

Storytellers

Summer Slevin - "The Slevin Family Egg Roll"

Isaac Smith - "Remembering John Prine"

Claire Hughes - "Look 'Em In the Nose"

Felicia Dieguez - "Lessons In Loneliness"

Music

Kyle Triplett - "Someday We'll Meet Again Sweetheart"

Tony Baker and Ben Rathert - "We'll Meet Again"

We had a live show scheduled for April but of course had to scrap it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In our first non-live show we have stories from the wonderful Elizabeth Pfiester, Bethany Willeford, and Melanie Andrews and music from Ben Rathert and Tony Baker

Storytellers:

Elizabeth Pfiester - "Rilke Magic"

Bethany Willeford - "The Story of How I Cope"

Melanie Andrews - "I Am Enough"

Music:

"Ain't Got You"

"Hold On"

Part 2 from January 11, 2020 at Brews Brothers! Thank you to everyone who came out for the show, it was a blast.

Storytellers in this half:

Crystal King - Bright Lights

Ben Rathert - Harold

Music:

Small Town Saturday Night

If I Wander Back Tonight

See you in April!

Part 1 of our January show at Brews Brothers in Murphysboro, IL! What a wonderful night, and a big thank you to everyone who came out. We're already looking forward to April!

Our Storytellers:

Elaine Ramseyer - "7-Up and Slim Jims"

Molly Howard-Crow - "SIUFO's"

Joe Hercik - "Nature Always Wins"

Music by the Cover Me Up Trio:

"Tonight, Tonight"

"Light Up My Room"

"Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning"

Part 2 of our inaugural show on Friday, October 11, 2019 at St. Nick's Brewery in Du Quoin, IL. In this half our storytellers delve into dialect, disparity, and planning ahead. Thank you so much for everyone who contributed and made the trip out, especially those from far-off lands. See you in January!

Songs:

Paradise (John Prine)- Cover Me Up Trio

Don't Be Afraid to Run (Greg Graffin) - CMUT

Sunset - Kyle Triplett

Take Me Home Country Road (John Denver) - CMUT

Storytellers:

Kyle Triplett - Supper In the South

Felicia Dieguez - Disparity In Retrospect

Jeremy Kanne - Near Empty Tank, Half a World Away

NEW SPIN-OFF! Now at a lower latitude! Our first official episode of Your Stories South was recorded on Friday, October 11, 2019 at St. Nicholas Brewery in Du Quoin, IL.  This was an incredibly fun night and we had some great talents to help us set it off right.  Our theme was "South!" (please clap) in reference to life here on the southern end of Illinois.  There was a fair amount of room noise during the recording but our storytellers and musicians did excellent all the same.

It's the second half of our crossover with Lily Be's The Stoop, some of the most real storytelling you can get in Chicago. Plus we get some words from Crystal Dino about her brother Chris, one of the reasons we all got together for this night in the first place!