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AMERICAN ROUTES AT MONTANA FOLK FESTIVAL
It’s a time of year when music festivals have returned. The Montana Folk Festival in Butte was hotly anticipated after two years of Covid cancellation.…
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
Bo Diddley/Tony Joe White
On this archive summertime edition of American Routes, we treat you to two very cool guests. Mississippi-born and Chicago-bred legend Bo Diddley talks about his songs "I'm a Man," "Who Do You Love," and that signature Bo Diddley beat. Tony Joe White comes up from the swamps to play an acoustic version of "Polk Salad… read more
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NEA WORK SAMPLES
Leyla McCalla: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lhMPbmOqVfij1b2DmoFywNQQNUF7yo3u/view?usp=sharing
Santana: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MhEZfQkVxeAfs4_Is6aJqSg8wR12Gabv/view?usp=sharing
REMEMBERING RONNIE HAWKINS
Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly performer and mentor to the Band, passed away on May 29. He was 87.
You can read more about his life here.
