PLUS (MT)

5:00 pm 

Globe Trekker  "Paraguay and Uruguay"  Holly Morris discovers two South American countries that may share a similar name but couldn't be more different.G

6:00 pm 

Sierra Center Stage  "Sam Bush"  Virtuoso American bluegrass musician Sam Bush plays mandolin, fiddle and guitar as well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist. A founding member of the New Grass Revival, Sam has been called a modern day Bill Monroe. D

7:00 pm 

ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2012   This program features selected performers from the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, including Bonnie Raitt, Richard Thompson, Alabama Shakes and more.G

8:00 pm 

Broadway: The American Musical  "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (1943-1960)"  The new partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II changes the face of Broadway, beginning with the record-breaking Oklahoma! in 1943, featuring a landmark ballet by Agnes de Mille. Carousel and South Pacific then set the standard for decades to come by pioneering a musical in which the story is all-important. For challenging the country to confront its deep-seated racial bigotry, South Pacific wins the Pulitzer Prize. Part 4 of 6G

9:00 pm 

Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival  "Curtis Stigers"  The Idaho musician and songwriter exhibits his jazz singing and saxophone skills at the nine-day festival's 10th anniversary of featuring jazz and international music at Rochester, New York. Stigers plays some of his biggest hits in this episode that also features an artist interview.G

10:00 pm 

Song of the Mountains   Judge Talford Band; Jonny & the Jambusters; Jerry Butler & the Blu-J's. D

11:00 pm 

ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2012   This program features selected performers from the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, including Bonnie Raitt, Richard Thompson, Alabama Shakes and more.G