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


689 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
24-30: Making Music on Records & Excavating Shellac, 7/24/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Excavated Shellac
with Jonathan Ward

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
24-29: Music of Healing & Elixirs: Little Freddie King, Anders Osborne, Dr. Michael White & Music Maker Relief Foundation, 7/17/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Anders Osborne
with Little Freddie King, Anders Osborne, Dr. Michael White & Music Maker Relief Foundation

  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-28: How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?: Dan Hicks and Commander Cody, 7/10/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Piece image
with Dan Hicks and Commander Cody

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-27: 4th of July with the 2023 National Heritage Fellows, 7/3/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: 2023 National Heritage Fellows
with the 2023 National Heritage Fellows and Treme Brass Band

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
24-26: Rhythm & Blues into Rock & Roll: Fats Domino, Billy Boy Arnold and the Tedeschi Trucks Band, 6/26/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Fats Domino
with Fats Domino, Billy Boy Arnold and the Tedeschi Trucks Band

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-25: Giants of Jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, 6/19/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk
with McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, TS Monk and Ravi Coltrane.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:02
24-24: When is Father’s Day?, 6/12/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Masakowski Family
featuring the Marsalis and Masakowski families

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-23: Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith, 6/5/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bessie Smith, Credit: Carl Van Vechten
with Annika Chambers and classic Bessie Smith songs by Dinah Washington, Nina Simone and Alberta Hunter.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-22: Horsepower: The Cowboy Rides into the Future, 5/29/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Wylie Gustafson, Credit: Bill Watts
with Wylie Gustafson, Geno Delafose and more

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-21: Philadelphia Sounds , 5/22/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: ?uestlove
featuring Bobby Rydell, ?uestlove and more

  • Added: May 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-20: How Many Roads: Bob Dylan’s Back Pages Volume II, 5/15/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bob Dylan
with Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and Jerry Wexler

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
24-19: Mother’s Day, 5/8/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Marty Stuart and Connie Smith
with Marty Stuart and his mom, Hilda; Fontella Bass, Sonny Rollins, Bo Diddley, and Geno Delafose

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
24-18: "How Many Roads...?" Bob Dylan’s Back Pages, 5/1/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bob Dylan
with Joan Baez and filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (“Don’t Look Back”)

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:02
24-17: New Orleans Tunes and Talk with Wendell Brunious & Comedy and Critique from Susan Werner, 4/24/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Wendell Brunious
with Wendell Brunious & Susan Werner

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-16: Music, Comics & Collecting Records: R. Crumb & Jerry Zolten, 4/17/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: R. Crumb
with R. Crumb & Jerry Zolten

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-15: Black & White Crossover in Country Music and Beyond… Plus Blues from Baton Rouge, 4/10/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Kenny Neal
with Kenny Neal

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-14: New Orleans Jazz Clarinet, Mande Songs & Louisiana Zydeco Live , 4/3/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sidiki Conde
with Evan Christopher, Sidiki Conde and Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-13: Easter with Donald Harrison, Jr. and Holmes Brothers, 3/27/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Donald Harrison, Jr.
with Donald Harrison, Jr. and the Holmes Brothers

  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-12: Dr. Lonnie Smith and Terrance Simien: Keys and Squeeze, 3/20/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. Lonnie Smith
with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Terrance Simien

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01

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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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