CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS
Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Viva Seguin Flaco Jimenez
Arriba El Norte: 14 Exitos, San Antonio Music Publishers
Canción Mexicana Lalo Guerrero
Recuerdos - Memories, Self-Published
SEGMENT: Los Lobos
Instrumental: Stealing Time Eddie Pennington
Walks the Strings... and Even Sings, Smithsonian Folkways
Rank Stranger Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Classic Bluegrass, Rebel Records
I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water Brownie Ford
Stories from Mountains, Swamps & Honky-Tonks, Flying Fish
(Going to) Kansas City Claude Williams
Claude Williams Live at J's Volume 1, Arhoolie
SEGMENT: Tom Davenport
SEGMENT: Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon
Instrumental: Wade in the Water Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Verve
SEGMENT: Anita Fields
Step it Up and Go Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
Blues Highway, Smithsonian Folkways
People Get Ready Shirley Caesar
Golden Gospel Classics, Sonorus Records
Good Religion Clarence Fountain & Blind Boys of Alabama
Spirit of the Century, Omnivore Recordings
SEGMENT: Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble
End Bed: Midnight Sun Chuck Brown
The Best of Chuck Brown, Raw Venture
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Solo Harmonica Open Phil Wiggins
American Routes Live Recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
Never Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
Carolina Breakdown, Music Maker
Rock of Ages Sherman Holmes
Sherman Holmes Project/The Richmond Sessions, M.C. Records
The Blues Rollin' In Del McCoury
Streets of Baltimore, McCoury Music
SEGMENT: Cedric Burnside
Instrumental: Sing On Treme Brass Band
New Orleans Music, Mardi Gras Records
CLIP: Dr. Michael White
Shake It and Break It Dr. Michael White
Crescent City Serenade, Antilles
Santigualo Los Pleneros de la 21
Live at Pregones, Self-Published
SEGMENT: Nellie Vera
Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker
Serves You Right to Suffer, MCA
Anytime Mavis Staples
We Get By, Anti
SEGMENT: Reginald “Reggio The Hoofer” McLaughlin
Instrumental: Papacito Blinky & the Roadmasters
Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
Chataigner Two Step Savoy Family Band
Cajun Album, Arhoolie
Love's Gonna Live Here Again Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
All American Country Flavored Polkas, Bel-Aire
SEGMENT: Joanie Madden
End Bed: Spiritual Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Verve