Thanksgiving with the 2022 National Heritage Fellows
For Thanksgiving, we’re celebrating the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows. Great musicians, storytellers, artisans and advocates, who have received our nation’s highest honor in traditional arts with these new honorees: Richmond gospel family, The Legendary Ingramettes; Navajo Diné weaver and sheep rancher, TahNibaa Naataanii; Washington DC step choreographer, C. Brian Williams; Excelsior Brass Band of Mobile, Alabama; master Hawai’ian Hale builder Francis “Palani” Sinenci; Tibetan Opera singer and dancer Tsering Wangmo Satho; Flamenco dancer Eva Enciñias; Bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland; St. Croix Quelbe flute player and bandleader, Stanley Jacobs; and New Orleans Black-masking craftsman, stilt dancer and musician, Shaka Zulu. Plus music from former fellows Doc Watson, Cedric Burnside, Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jiménez, Andy Statman, Dr. Michael White and Wanda Jackson, among others.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: I Feel the Blues Moving In Del McCoury Band
High Lonesome and Blue, Rounder
Blues Never Die Koko Taylor
I Got What It Takes, Alligator
Please Tell Me Baby Cedric Burnside
Benton County Relic, Single Lock Records
SEGMENT: The Legendary Ingramettes
Instrumental: Gospel Groove Billy Preston
The Complete Vee-Jay Recordings, Concord
Eh, 'Tite Fille Clifton Chenier
Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
Caroline Blinky & the Roadmasters
Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
SEGMENT: Stanley Jacobs
SEGMENT: Francis P. Sinenci
Instrumental: I Feel Alright Barbara Lynn
Nice and Easy Barbara Lynn
Movin’ on a Groove, Tribe
Any Other Way William Bell
The Very Best of William Bell, Concord
SEGMENT: C. Brian Williams
SEGMENT: Excelsior Band
End Bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dr. Michael White
Blue Crescent, Basin Street
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Bye Bye Blues Eddie Pennington
Eddie Pennington Walks the Strings and Even Sings, Smithsonian Folkways
I Gotta Know Wanda Jackson
The Capitol Singles: 1956-1958 , Capitol
Singing the Blues Doc Watson
Docabilly, Sugar Hill
Daisy Brownie McGhee
Classic Piedmont Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
SEGMENT: Michael Cleveland
Instrumental: Descarega Guajira Cachao
Canta Contrabajo–Cachao, Musica Tropical
Descarga Cubana Cachao y su Ritmo Caliente
Monte Adentro: Cachao y su Ritmo Caliente, Blue Moon
Ay Te Dejo in San Antonio Flaco Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo in San Antonio, Arhoolie
SEGMENT Eva Enciñias
SEGMENT: TahNibaa Naataanii
Instrumental: Dialogue Rahim AlHaj Trio
One Sky, Smithsonian Folkways
Bashies Bounce Andy Statman and David Grisman
Songs of Our Fathers–Traditional Jewish Melodies, Acoustic Disc
Kaloaloa Hui Ohana: Ledward Ka’apana, Nedward Ka’apnna, Dennis Pavao
Young Hawaiians Play Old Hawaii, Lehua
SEGMENT: Tsering Wangmo Satho
Jambalaya Strut Dr. Michael White
Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street
SEGMENT: Shaka Zulu
End Bed: Spiritual Hank Jones and Charlie Haden
Steal Away, UMG