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


697 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
24-03: North American Routes from South Louisiana to Cape Breton with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band and Beòlach, 1/17/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band and Beòlach

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-04: Making Music on Records & Excavating Shellac , 1/24/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Excavated Shellec
with Jonathan Ward

  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
24-05: Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs, 1/31/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Mona Lisa Saloy
with Steve Zeitlin and Mona Lisa Saloy

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-06: It’s “Carnival Time” in the Caribbean, New Orleans, and French Louisiana–with Professor Longhair and a Cast of Thousands, 2/7/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Mohawk Hunters
with the Mohawk Hunters and a special tribute to Professor Longhair with Allen Toussaint, Dr. John and Ellis Marsalis.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-07: Sonny Rollins & Bob French, 2/14/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sonny Rollins
with Sonny Rollins & Bob French

  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-08: The Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Black Experience in Country Music , 2/21/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Rhiannon Giddens
with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ray Charles and Johnnie Johnson

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-09: Leap Day: Forgotten Treasures, 2/28/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sun Ra
with The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
24-10: Blues Routes Then & Now: with a Creole & Cajun Live Set from Cedric Watson & Chris Stafford, 3/6/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cedric Watson and Chris Stafford
with Cedric Watson & Chris Stafford

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
24-11: St. Patrick’s Singers, Fiddlers and Pickers from Ireland to America, 3/13/2024
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Clancy Brothers
with John Doyle, Seamus Egan and Rob and Ronnie McCoury.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
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
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
24-14: 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
24-15: 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
24-16: 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
24-17: 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
24-18: "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
24-19: 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
24-20: 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
24-21: 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
24-22: 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

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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