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


677 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
15-12: Men of Steel and Soul: The Campbell Brothers and Walter "Wolfman" Washington, 3/25/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Chuck Campbell
Featuring the Campbell Brothers and Walter "Wolfman" Washington

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-13: Lovers, Brothers and Others: Making Sweet Music Together, 4/1/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Marty Stuart and Connie Smith
Featuring Connie Smith and Marty Stuart & Marc and Ann Savoy

  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:58
15-14: Festival Time in Lafayette, LA, 4/8/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Yvette Landry at Festival International
Featuring live performances from Festival International

  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-15: Guitar Heroes, 4/15/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ben Hall
featuring Pat Martino and Ben Hall

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-16: “American Routes Live!“ The Meters, Drive-By Truckers, Baton Rouge Blues Fest, 4/22/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Meters
Original live recordings from Drive-By Truckers, the Meters and the Baton Rouge Blues Fest.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
15-17: The Funk Soul Universe, 4/29/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Galactic
Featuring Galactic and Joe Bataan

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-18: How to Improvise, 5/6/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Béla Fleck
Featuring Béla Fleck and Jason Marsalis

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
15-19: La La Brooks & Frankie Ford, 5/13/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: La La Brooks
featuring La La Brooks and Frankie Ford

  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-20: Music, Comics & Collecting Records, 5/20/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Robert Crumb
Features Robert Crumb and Jerry Zolten

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:58
15-21: Crescent City Jam Sessions, 5/27/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
featuring Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Buddy Miller, Robert Plant, Hot 8 Brass Band and Mos Def

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-22: Kingpins of the Gulf Coast: Rodney Crowell & Dr. John, 6/3/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. John, Credit: James Demaria
featuring Dr. John and Rodney Crowell

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-23: Downhome in the Big City, 6/10/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Andy Statman
featuring Norah Jones and Andy Statman

  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-24: Musical Couples, 6/17/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
featuring Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola

  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
15-25: Philly Soul Folks & Louisiana Swamp Pop, 6/24/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Oates
featuring John Oates and Johnnie Allan

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
15-26: Jerry Garcia, 7/1/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Piece image
featuring Jerry Garcia

  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:58
15-27: Billie Holiday: Ladies Sing the Blues and Beyond, 7/8/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Billie Holiday
with Cassandra Wilson and Catherine Russell

  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
15-28: Giants of Jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, 7/15/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk
featuring McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Saunders, TS Monk, Ravi Coltrane

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-29: Creole Eyes and Classical Ears, 7/22/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Van Dyke Parks
with Van Dyke Parks and Tom McDermott

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
15-30: Wade in the Water: Songs and Stories of the River, 7/29/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Mississippi River at Natchez
featuring Aaron Neville, Al Green & Richard Campanella

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:56
15-31: Jesse Winchester, Wayne & Jayne Henderson, 8/5/2015
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: American Routes
featuring Jesse Winchester and Wayne & Jayne Henderson of Henderson Guitars

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57

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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