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


679 Pieces

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13-35: Summer's Last Chance to Dance: New Orleans Live, 8/28/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Rebirth Brass Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Steve Earle, Tao Seeger, and Rebirth Brass Band

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:56
13-34: Oklahoma Territory / Louisiana Creole Nation, 8/21/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: J.J. Cale
J. J. Cale and Cedric Watson

  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:57
13-33: How To Improvise, 8/14/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bela Fleck
Bela Fleck and Jason Marsalis

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:57
13-32: Downhome in the Big City, 8/7/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Norah Jones
Norah Jones and Andy Statman

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:56
13-31: Guitar Heroes, 7/31/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ben Hall
Pat Martino and Ben Hall

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:56
13-30: How Blue Can You Get?, 7/24/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett and Howard Tate

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:56
13-29: Poets of Twang, 7/17/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Doe
featuring John Doe and Buddy Miller

  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:55
13-28: Going Down the Road with Woody Guthrie, 7/10/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Woody Guthrie
featuring Nora and Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel and more

  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:57
13-27: American Routes 15th Anniversary Concert, 7/3/2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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featuring Irma Thomas, Ivan Neville, Jon Cleary, Lost Bayou Ramblers, and Treme Brass Band

  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:56
American Routes show #13-23 How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?: Dan Hicks and Commander Cody
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
featuring Commander Cody, Dan Hicks and more!

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:57
  • Purchases: 7
American Routes Evergreen Special 2013
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Alan Lomax
Available to all PRX stations! The Sonic Journey of Alan Lomax: Recording America and the World

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:55
American Routes show #13-22 John Sebastian & Bonsoir Catin
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Sebastian
featuring John Sebastian and Bonsoir Catin

Bought by WOUB, RadioFreePalmer, KPVL, KKRN, WAMU and more


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:57
  • Purchases: 7
American Routes show #13-21 Kings of the Road: From Ramblin' Jack to Kerouac
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ramblin' Jack Elliott
featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott, historian Douglas Brinkley, and more!

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KPVL, WAMU, KKRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:58
  • Purchases: 6

Series Subscription Information

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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