The 2017 National Heritage Fellowship Concert and Celebration
For this Thanksgiving weekend special, we serve up a heaping course of sonic delights and give thanks to the artists and artisans keeping American roots cultures alive. Every year since 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts has presented Heritage fellowships — America’s highest honor in “folk & traditional arts.” We hear music from past award recipients including swamp boogie chanteuse Carol Fran and bluegrass crooner Del McCoury. And we go live to the 2017 NEA Heritage concert for songs and stories from Puerto Rican percussionist Modesto Cepeda, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Cyril Pahinui, conjunto accordionist Eva Ybarra, Appalachian buck dancer Thomas Maupin, Danish accordionist Dwight Lamb, Piedmont blues harp player Phil Wiggins, folk music teacher Ella Jenkins, Alaskan weaver Anna Brown Ehlers and Armenian metalworker Norik Astvatsaturov.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: On-Stage Performance The Maryland and Delaware Singing and Praying Bands
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2014,
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: Cephas & Wiggins
Instrumental: Spiritual Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Verve
CLIP: Elaine Hoffman Watts
Shtetl Ias 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
La Porte Dans Arriere Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & DL Menard
En Bas Du Chene Vert, Arhoolie
SEGMENT: Carol Fran
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
Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker
Serves You Right to Suffer, MCA
Jump For Joy Campbell Brothers
The Campbell Brothers: Pass Me Not, Arhoolie
CLIP: Mavis Staples
Long Walk to D.C. The Staple Singers
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 2 '68-'71, Stax/Volt
Closing Bed: Midnight Sun Chuck Brown
The Best of Chuck Brown, Raw Venture
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Guitar Rag Phil Wiggins
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
SEGMENT: Dwight Lamb
Jake's Best Reel Dwight Lamb
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
Grandfather's Three-Part Polka Dwight Lamb
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
SEGMENT: Nork Astvatsaturov
SEGMENT: Eva Ybarra
Ven Regresa a Mi Eva Ybarra
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
Instrumental: Sandi Guez Polka Eva Ybarra
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
SEGMENT: Modesto Cepeda
Felicidad Modesto Cepeda
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
Bomba de Puerto Rico Modesto Cepeda
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
SEGMENT: Ella Jenkins
You Sing a Song, I'll Sing a Song Dan Zanes and Claudia Eliaza (performing Ella Jenkin's song)
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
SEGMENT: Anna Brown Ehlers
SEGMENT: Cyril Pahinui
Aloha Ka Manini/Hi'ilawe Jeff Peterson and Sean Robbins
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
Instrumental: Eighth of January Benton Flippen
Old Time, New TImes, Rounder
SEGMENT: Thomas Maupin
Down Yonder/Shortening Bread Thomas Maupin
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
SEGMENT: Phil Wiggins
Anacostia Two-Step Phil Wiggins
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
No Fools No Fun Phil Wiggins
American Routes live recording at the NEA Heritage Concert 2017,
Closing Bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dr. Michael White
Blue Crescent, Basin Street Records