WWNO PLEDGE CANDLES, FEATURING NICK SPITZER
Our presenting station, WWNO FM, is offering a new exclusive collector’s item as part of their pledge drive: WWNO Public Radio Pledge Candles, featuring Nick…
American Routes is blues and jazz, gospel and soul, rockabilly and country, Cajun and swamp pop, Tejano, Latin… and beyond. Songs and stories from musicians describe a deep and diverse nation with sounds and styles shared by all Americans. From the bayous to the beltways, from crossroads to crosstown, on interstates and city streets, turn up your radio for the sonic journey!
American Routes—produced in New Orleans since 1998
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce
From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We'll hear some of Mayall's sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton.… read more
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DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE: AN EVENING WITH AMERICAN ROUTES
This Friday, November 15, Nick Spitzer will be hosting Down By the Riverside: An Evening with American Routes as part of “Anthropocene River Campus: The…
HENRY GRAY HEALTHCARE FUND
Legendary Baton Rouge blues musician Henry Gray, 94, is now in hospice care. We have featured many of his songs in shows such as “Red…
