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.


646 Pieces

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20-17: Celebrating Jazz Fest at 50: with Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson, 4/22/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson, Credit: Michael P. Smith courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection
celebrating 50 years of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by looking back at historic performances from the first festival in 1970.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-16: John Prine Remembered: In His Own Words, 4/15/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Prine
remembering the late John Prine

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-15: Spring Awakening: A Corona Global Companion, 4/8/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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including music from Gillian Welch, Stevie Wonder, Bob Wills and Fats Waller.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-14: Of Highways and Home: Alison Krauss and Alynda Segarra, 4/1/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Alynda Segarra
with Alison Krauss and Alynda Segarra

  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:00
20-13: Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith, 3/25/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bessie Smith , Credit: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
exploring the life and times of Bessie Smith, featuring conversations with Annika Chambers and classic songs by Dinah Washington, Nina Simone and A...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-12: Dreamers Then & Now, Vol. 2: Jesse Colin Young and Leyla McCalla, 3/18/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with Jesse Colin Young and Leyla McCalla

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-11: Down By the Riverside: with the Doucet Brothers, Original Liberty Jazz Band, and Topsy Chapman, 3/11/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Mississippi: An Anthropocene River, Credit: Map by Harold N. Fisk, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1944
with the Doucet Brothers, Original Liberty Jazz Band, and Topsy Chapman

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-10: Fellow Travelers: Margo Price, Willie Nelson & Friends, 3/4/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Margo Price and Willie Nelson
with Margo Price and Willie Nelson

  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-09: Leap Day: Forgotten Treasures, 2/26/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sun Ra
With music from the Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-08: It's Carnival Time!, 2/19/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cha Wa
with Maroon Queen Cherice “Reesie” Harrison-Nelson and Cha Wa

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-07: Blue Note Records: Then and Now with Don Was, 2/12/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Thelonious Monk
featuring Don Was and Michael Cuscuna

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-06: Blues for Home and Highways: Eddie Cotton, Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey, 2/5/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Eddie Cotton Jr.
with Eddie Cotton, Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-05: Guilty Pleasures: Music We Love More Than We Can Say, 1/29/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Guilty Pleasures
featuring music from James Carr, Mavis Staples, Simon & Garfunkel, and more.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-04: While I'm Livin': Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm, 1/22/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Tanya Tucker
with Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm

  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-03: In the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. With Cyril Neville, 1/15/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cyril Neville
with Cyril Neville and Freddie Hubbard

  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-02: Remake the World: Jimmy Cliff & Arturo O’Farrill, 1/8/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jimmy Cliff
with Jimmy Cliff & Arturo O’Farrill

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-01: Rock Routes and Cajun Stardom: Boz Scaggs and Jimmy C. Newman, 1/1/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Boz Scaggs
featuring Boz Scaggs and remembering Jimmy C. Newman, the Alligator Man

  • Added: Dec 31, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-52: New Orleans New Years Live, 12/25/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: New Years
with the Rebirth Brass Band, Leroy Jones, Ellis Marsalis, Little Freddie King, Jon Cleary and Charmaine Neville

  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-51: Winter Holiday: Solstice, Hanukkah, Xmas & Kwanzaa , 12/18/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Xmas Bonfires
Classic songs to celebrate the winter holidays plus a visit to South Louisiana’s Christmas Eve bonfires lighting the way for Papa Noel along the Mi...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-50: Creoles and Cowgirls: Charlie Gabriel & the Quebe Sisters , 12/11/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Charlie Gabriel
with Charlie Gabriel and the Quebe Sisters

  • Added: Dec 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:00

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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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