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

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