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Blues--The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live Blues--The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live November 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Blues--The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live

Blues…it’s a universal solvent in music. There’s blues in jazz, R & B, roots rock and soul, country, Cajun, Latin, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop… It’s everywhere! We’ll hear from all corners of the musical map including Bessie Smith, Buddy Guy, Freddy Fender and Clifton Chenier and more. Then an hour with Octogenarian electric country blues man Little Freddie King live from Marigny Studios in New Orleans.

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NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS 2020

May 26th, 2021

American Routes celebrates this Memorial Day weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This past year’s Fellows include soul singer and songwriter William Bell, Armenian folk and liturgical singer Onnik Dinkjian, West African diasporic dancers Zakarya and Naomi Diouf, Iroquois raised beadworker Karen Ann Hoffman, traditional religious dancers Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de Ladrillera, founder of Radio Bilingue, Hugo Morales, old-time fiddler and banjo player John Morris, Anishinaabe birchbark canoe builder Wayne Valliere and Nueva Cancion singer and songwriter Suni Paz. Plus Fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Ralph Stanley, Michael Doucet, Wanda Jackson, Doc Watson, Carol Fran, Flaco Jimenez, Andy Statman and Dr. Michael White.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Stealing Time Eddie Pennington
    Walks the Strings... and Even Sings, Folkways
  • I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
    The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
  • Better Day Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
    Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Folkways
  • Worried Blues Doc Watson
    Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection, Sugar Hill
  • Clip: Ralph Stanley

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  • Rank Stranger Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
    Classic Bluegrass, Rebel
  • Parlez-Nous à Boire (Speak to Us of Drinking) Beausoleil
    Parlez-Nous à Boire & More, Arhoolie
  • Bosco Stomp Boozoo Chavis
    Hey Do Right, New West
  • Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
    Railroad Bill, Cello
  • Segment: William Bell

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  • Hard Headed Woman Wanda Jackson
    Vintage Collection, Capitol
  • Everyday Is Not the Same Carol Fran
    Live at the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Instrumental: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
    Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs, Verve
  • Segment: Karen Ann Hoffman

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  • Segment: Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de la Ladrillera

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  • Segment: Onnik Dinkjian

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  • End Bed: A Brighter Day Andy Statman
    Old Brooklyn, Shefa

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Balaju Los Pregoneros del Puerto
    Music of Veracruz—Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder
  • Segment: Suni Paz

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  • Segment: Wayne Valliere

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  • Instrumental: Wapaha Olowan - Flag Song Kevin Locke
    The First Flute, Makoché Music/BMI
  • Clip: Elaine Hoffman Watts

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  • Shtetl las Elaine Hoffman Watts
    I Remember Klezmer, Self-published
  • Love's Gonna Live Here Again Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
    All American Country Flavored Polkas, Bel-Aire
  • El Cihualteco Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
    Canciones De Siempre, Peer Music
  • Segment: Hugo Morales

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  • Segment: John Morris

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  • Instrumental: Nui Papa Ledward Kaapana
    Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Dancing Cat
  • Segment: Dr. Zakarya and Naomi Diouf

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  • Clip: Dr. Michael White

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  • Shake It and Break It (The Weary Blues) Dr. Michael White
    Crescent City Serenade, Antilles
  • Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker
    Serves You Right to Suffer, MCA
  • This Land is Your Land Flaco Jimenez, the Paschall Brothers & Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • End Bed: Jam Session from the Stage
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,

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