“I vaguely remember hearing Anne and Pete at the Hootenanny years ago; I totally remember them playing at a friend’s wedding three years ago and doing a cover of a Prince song for the recessional. It was the coolest thing I had ever heard, and not only because it was so unexpected. I tried to get them to do that during this interview, but they were understandably more into doing the folk-sy, bluegrass-y stuff that won them the Prairie Home Companion Sing-off. You’ll have to take my word for it that they can do Prince better than Prince can do Prince.”

“As someone who is as tone deaf as a tree — my 3rd grade choir teacher actually encouraged me to lip sync — I’m completely in awe of the way Pete and Anne use their voices. I haven’t seen any footage of this episode yet; I hope it isn’t too obvious that I was dumbstruck for several seconds after they finished each of their songs.”

And a little anecdote: I was playing phone tag and trading emails with the Sibleys for at least three months before we figured out there was actually a date when 1) they’d be in town — their tour schedule this fall was crazy and 2) the crew could come over from Riverton. I think it was worth the wait.