NEA Heritage Awards
It’s a tradition of it’s own by now! Each year, American Routes celebrates Thanksgiving weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows Concert in Washington DC. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest award in Folk & Traditional Arts. We’ll hear a mix of this year’s fellows live from the stage as well as great recordings of those from years gone by: The Holmes Brothers, Doc Watson, Treme Brass Band, Michael Doucet with Beausoleil, Boozoo Chavis, Flaco Jimenez, Mavis Staples, Del McCoury, John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, Andy Statman and many more. Blues and jazz, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and klezmer, bluegrass and gospel as well as Native American voices, make a cornucopia of sounds and stories for the holiday!
HOUR ONE
On-Stage Performance The Maryland and Delaware Singing and Praying Bands
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
Black Cat on the Line Cephas and Wiggins
From Richmond to Atlanta, Bullseye Blues
Big Black Train The Earls of Leicester
The Earls of Leicester, Rounder
House of the Rising Sun Doc and Richard Watson
Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill
Instrumental: Fiddler's Dream/ Whistling Rufus/ Ragtime Annie Doc Watson
Foundation: The Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection 1964-1998, Sugar Hill
On-Stage Interview Kevin Doyle
live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
Parlez-Nous A Boire (Speak to Us of Drinking) Beausoleil
Parlez-Nous A Boire & More, Arhoolie
Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis, Electra Nonesuch
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Flaco Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie
Instrumental: Viva Seguin Flaco Jimenez
Arriba El Norte, Rounder
Descarga Cachao Cachao
Descarga Cachao, Epic
Live Performance and On-Stage Interview Cowboy Donley
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
Sing On The Treme Brass Band
New Orleans Music!, Mardi Gras
End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR TWO
Live Performance and On-Stage Interview Rufus White
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
On-Stage Interview Yvonne Walker Keshick
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
On the King's Highway Andy Statman
Old Brooklyn, Shefa
On-Stage Interview Vera Nakonechny
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
Instrumental: One in Nine Andy Statman
Old Brooklyn, Shefa
On-Stage Interview Henry Arquette
Loggin' Man The Del McCoury Band
The Cold Hard Facts, Rounder
John Henry John Jackson
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Arhoolie
On-Stage Interview Caroline Mazloomi
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino
Instrumental: Opus de Soul Albert King, Steve Cropper, Pops Staples
Jammed Together, Stax
Live Performance and On-Stage Interview The Holmes Brothers
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
End Bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken 2014 NEA Heritage Fellows
live recording at NEA Heritage Concert 2014,