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 Ken Mills Agency, LLC. 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 Ken Mills at 612-819-8456 or publicradio@hotmail.com.


645 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
23-39: New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators, 9/27/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Danny and Blue Lu Barker
with Detroit Brooks and the Syncopated Percolators

  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-38: San Antonio Sounds, 9/20/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Flaco Jiménez and Max Baca
with Flaco Jimenez, Sunny and the Sunliners, Augie Meyers and Max Baca

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-37: New Orleans Jazz Clarinet, Mande Songs & Louisiana Zydeco Live, 9/13/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sidiki Conde, Credit: Eliot Kamenitz courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz Museum
with Evan Christopher, Sidiki Conde and Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-36: From Gospel to Gigging: Gladys Knight and Iris Dement, 9/6/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Gladys Knight and the Pips
with Gladys Knight and Iris Dement

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-35: For Labor Day Weekend: The Best of American Routes Live, 8/30/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with the Pine Leaf Boys, Leyla McCalla, Don Vappie, Kermit Ruffins, Donald Harrison and Rickie Lee Jones

  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-34: Living with the Blues, 8/23/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Teddy's Juke Joint
with Bill Ferris, Eden Brent, Little Freddie King, and a visit to Teddy’s Juke Joint

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-33: Robbie Robertson / Johnny Otis / Dew Drop Inn, 8/16/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Robbie Robertson
with Robbie Robertson, Johnny Otis, and a visit to the Dew Drop Inn

  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-32: Who was Harry Smith?: The Great Delineator and his Anthology of American Folk Music, 8/9/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Harry Smith
featuring Harry Smith biographer John Szwed and music from the Anthology of American Folk Music

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-31: New Orleans Traditional Jazz Live with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band–Jazz Manouche from Christine Tassan et les Imposteures, 8/2/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Django Reinhardt
with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band and Christine Tassan et les Imposteures

  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-30: North American Routes from South Louisiana to Cape Breton with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band and Beòlach, 7/26/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band and Beòlach

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-29: Piedmont Blues with Jontavious Willis & Andrew Alli and The Stooges Brass Band Live from New Orleans, 7/19/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Stooges Brass Band
with Jontavious Willis & Andrew Alli and The Stooges Brass Band

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-28: Summer Sounds—Being & Staying Cool, 7/12/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ramsey Lewis
with Ramsey Lewis and a visit to Seabreeze Beach

  • Added: Jul 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-27: Downhome Music of Arhoolie Records, 7/5/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Chris Strachwitz
with Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Michael & David Doucet, New Orleans’ Treme Brass Band, the Campbell Brothers and the late Chris Strachwitz

  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-26: Musical Stars and Cultural Stripes: American Roots Independence Day Revisited, 6/28/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: 4th of July on the Mall, Credit: National Council for the Traditional Arts
with the Staple Singers, Tito Puente, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, New Orleans Tuxedo Brass and more.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-25: Rockabilly Rascal Chuck Mead & Heralding the Folk with Alice Gerrard, 6/21/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Chuck Mead
with Chuck Mead and Alice Gerrard

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59
23-24: Sacred Steel Brothers and a Musical Modernist: Robert Randolph & Yusef Lateef , 6/14/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Yusef Lateef, Credit: David Redfern
with Robert Randolph & Yusef Lateef

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-23: Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Koutaté, 6/7/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shemekia Copeland, Credit: Mike White
with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Koutaté

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-22: Piano People and More: Jason Moran & Heath Allen, 5/31/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jason Moran
with Jason Moran & Heath Allen

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-21: Memorial Day with the 2022 National Heritage Fellows, 5/24/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shaka Zulu
with the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-20: Words to the Wise: Loretta Lynn, Bill Kirchen & Les Freres Michot, 5/17/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Loretta Lynn
with Loretta Lynn, Bill Kirchen & Les Freres Michot

  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01

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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