American Routes

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American Routes 

American Routes, hosted by Nick Spitzer, is a weekly two-hour public radio program produce at Tulane University in New Orleans. It has been exclusively distributed by PRX since 2011. The show presents a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.

American Routes is exclusively distributed by PRX and is represented by Ken Mills Agency, LLC. Carriage fees for American Routes are billed separately from PRX.

Fees for American Routes are based on Nielsen Audio market size. They range between $1,000 per quarter for stations in the largest markets to $250 per quarter for smaller and unrated markets. For more information please contact Ken Mills at 612-819-8456 or publicradio@hotmail.com.


498 Pieces

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20-49: Guilty Pleasures and Forgotten Treasures, 12/2/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sun Ra
with the Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-48: NEA National Heritage Fellows 2020 , 11/25/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: William Bell
celebrating the 2020 NEA National Heritage Fellows

  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-47: Men of Steel and Soul: The Campbell Brothers and Walter Wolfman Washington, 11/18/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Campbell Brothers
with the Campbell Brothers and Walter Wolfman Washington

  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-46: American Routes Live: Cajun Troubadour Zachary Richard and New Orleans Creole Jazzman Don Vappie, 11/11/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Zachary RIchard
with Zachary Richard and Don Vappie

  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-45: The Outlaw Poet and the Crawfish Queen: Billy Joe Shaver & Yvette Landry, 11/4/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Billy Joe Shaver
with Billy Joe Shaver & Yvette Landry

  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-44: Face the Music and Vote!—American Routes 2020 Election Show, 10/28/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Vote! , Credit: with permission by Globe Collection and Press at MICA
A soundtrack in words and music to get you to the polls.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-43: Sweet Inspiration: Dan Penn & Trudy Lynn, 10/21/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dan Penn
with Dan Penn & Trudy Lynn

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-42: Sounds of Solace, 10/14/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Elvis at Home
with music from Mavis Staples, Elvis, Bill Monroe, and Louis Armstrong.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-41: Down By the Riverside: Jazz Market 2020, 10/7/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. Michael White
with the Doucet Brothers, Original Liberty Jazz Band, and Topsy Chapman

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-40: Swinging with the Mockingbirds and Milk Cows: Los Cenzontles and the Hot Club of Cowtown, 9/30/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Los Cenzontles
with Los Cenzontles and the Hot Club of Cowtown

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-39: Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith, 9/23/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bessie Smith , Credit: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
featuring Annika Chambers, a 21st Century blues woman and classic Bessie Smith songs by Dinah Washington, Nina Simone and Alberta Hunter.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-38: Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music with Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, 9/16/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Marsalis Family
A tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr. and his musical sons Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-37: San Antonio Sounds, 9/9/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca
with Flaco Jimenez, Sunny and the Sunliners, Augie Meyers and Max Baca

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-36: American Routes Live: Labor Day at French Quarter Fest 2019, 9/2/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: French Quarter Festival
With Kermit Ruffins, Don Vappie, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and his Sunspots, the Original Pinettes Brass Band, the Iguanas, and Corey Henry’s Tremé Fun...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-35: After the Storm: Katrina at 15, 8/26/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Fats Domino’s house in the Lower Ninth Ward, four months after Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
a look back at the catastrophe, recovery and renewed hope for the culture of the Crescent City with Dr. John, Irma Thomas, the Rebirth Brass Band a...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-34: Blues for Home and Highways: Eddie Cotton, Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey, 8/19/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Eddie Cotton Jr.
with Eddie Cotton, Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-33: Songs of Rivers and Mountains: Joan Shelley & Jeff Little, 8/12/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Joan Shelley
with Joan Shelley & Jeff Little

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-32: American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison’s Jazz Journey, 8/5/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with Leyla McCalla and Donald Harrison

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-31: While I’m Living: Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm, 7/29/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Tanya Tucker
with Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-30: Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins, 7/22/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Kermit Ruffins
with Mark Samuels, Jon Cleary, and Kermit Ruffins

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58

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New episodes are published weekly, 1 episode a week.

Each episode is made up of 11 segments totalling between 01:58:50 and 01:59:10 in length.

Wednesday: 9:00 AM

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