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 SFM Consulting, Inc. 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 Steve Martin at 703.304.8479 or steve@sfmconsulting.com


675 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
16-34: Timekeepers: The Art of Drumming , 8/24/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shannon Powell
featuring JM Van Eaton, Zigaboo Modeliste, Tito Puente, Ben Riley and Shannon Powell

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-33: Music and Memories Along the Mississippi, 8/17/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jerry Lee Lewis House and Museum
featuring the Lewis Family Museum, Haney's Big House and New Orleans Jazz Funeral

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:57
16-32: Lovers, Brothers and Others: Making Sweet Music Together, 8/10/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Marty Stuart and Connie Smith
with Marty Stuart and Connie Smith; Trombone Shorty and James Andrews; Marc and Anne Savoy; the Black Keys; Joan Baez

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-31: Blues Born and Learned, 8/3/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush and Sonny Landreth

  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:56
16-30: Sun, Surf and Soul, 7/27/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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Sea Breeze Beach, NC and San Diego Surfers

  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:00
16-29: The Folk Revival Revisited, 7/20/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Jim Kweskin, Jerry Garcia, Alan Lomax, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt and more

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:00
16-28: Delbert McClinton and Buckwheat Zydeco, 7/13/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Buckwheat Zydeco
with Delbert McClinton and Buckwheat Zydeco

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-27: Billie Holiday: Ladies Sing the Blues & Beyond, 7/6/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Billie Holiday
featuring Catherine Russell and Cassandra Wilson

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-26: Red, White and Blues with the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, 6/29/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Lloyd "Teddy" Johnson, Credit: Nina Feldman
featuring James "Chicken Scratch" Johnson, Teddy's Juke Joint and performances recorded live at the 2016 Baton Rouge Blues Festival

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:59
16-25: Going Down the Road with Woody Guthrie, 6/22/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Woody Guthrie
featuring Nora and Arlo Guthrie, Guy Logsdon, Pete Seeger and more.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:57
16-24: Earth and Blood, 6/15/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: James Blood Ulmer
featuring James "Blood" Ulmer and Tracy Nelson

  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-23: The Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Black Experience in Country Music, 6/8/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dom Flemmons
featuring the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ray Charles, Johnnie Johnson and more

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-22: Creole Eyes and Classical Ears, 6/1/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Van Dyke Parks
with Tom McDermott and Van Dyke Parks

  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:57
16-21: NEA Heritage Fellowship Concert 2015, 5/25/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Drink Small
with Dan Sheehy, BB King, Drink Small, aerialist Dolly Jacobs and more

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:00
16-20: Cosmic Saxophones, 5/18/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Charles Neville
with Charles Neville, Charles Lloyd, Sonny Rollins, Yusef Lateef and Sam Butera

  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:59
16-19: Flaco Jiménez and Eddie Palmieri, 5/11/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Flaco Jiménez
featuring Flaco Jiménez and Eddie Palmieri

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:59
16-18: Mother's Day , 5/4/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Marty Stuart
with Marty & Hilda Stuart

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:56
16-17: Timekeepers: The Art of Drumming, 4/27/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shannon Powell
featuring JM Van Eaton, Zigaboo Modeliste, Tito Puente, Ben Riley and Shannon Powell

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:58
16-16: Remembering Allen Toussaint: A Saint for All Seasons, 4/20/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Allen Toussaint
featuring Allen Toussaint

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:57
16-15: An Encore Presentation of Prison Songs, 4/13/2016
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Merle Haggard
the late-Merle Haggard and Aaron Neville

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • 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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