Prairie Home Companion memorable collaborations:

• Richard collaborated again with the wonderful cellist Yo-Yo Ma on an original Dworsky tune: Summit Avenue Rag (listen to the PHC archive)
• Picking legends Sam Bush (mandolin) and Brad Paisely (guitar) joined Rich on his original tune The Tennessee Tumble at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium (listen on the PHC archive)
• Superstar Sheryl Crow used Rich and the Shoe Band to accompany her on 4 tunes when she was a guest at L.A.'s Greek Theater .
• Rich led the band accompanying the great Elvis Costello when he guested on the first PHC Cinecast live performance in St. Paul , MN carried in high definition live in 500 US and Canadian movie theaters… Coming out soon on DVD). The list of other amazing artists that Rich got to accompany this last year includes: Elvin Bishop, Dave Rawlings Machine with Gillian Welch, Michael Feinstein, Nick Lowe, and Jerry Douglas.

Rich appeared as pianist on mandolinist/composer Peter Ostroushko's music on the soundtrack for "The National Parks - A Film by Ken Burns" (PBS); and he played keyboards on two new Ostroushko CDs ("Postcards" and "When the Last Morning Glory Blooms") on Red House Records.

Richard created an original keyboard underscore for Garrison Keillor's audio book recording of his "A Christmas Blizzard," collaborating live in the studio for much of the 5 CD set. He also contributes as keyboardist/composer on two other new Keillor recordings: "77 Love Sonnets" and "Motherhood." In August, he'll hit the road with Keillor on his coast to coast Summer Love Tour.