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

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
19-49: Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce, 12/4/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Big Freedia and John Mayall
with John Mayall and Big Freedia

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-48: National Heritage Fellows 2019, 11/27/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Linda Goss
with Las Tesoros de San Antonio, Dan Ansotegui, Balla Kouyate, and Linda Goss, as well as great recordings of fellows from years gone by.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-47: Blues Old and New: Black Keys, Robert Finley & Luke Winslow-King, 11/20/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Robert Finley and Dan Auerbach
with the Black Keys, Robert Finley & Luke Winslow-King

  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-46: Songs of Rivers and Mountains: Joan Shelley & Jeff Little, 11/13/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Joan Shelley
with Joan Shelley & Jeff Little

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-45: Ponderosa Stomp and Americana Swamp, 11/6/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ponderosa Stomp
with Dr. Ike, Duane Eddy, and Linda Gail Lewis

  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-44: Music & Healing: Volume 2, 10/30/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Supaman
with Jesse Colin Young, Carlos Santana, Supaman, and Cora Harvey Armstrong

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-43: I Put a Spell on You: Halloween '19, 10/23/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shannon and the Clams
with Shannon and the Clams

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-42: Preservation Hall Perseveres & Guitarist Albert Lee, 10/16/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall
with Ben Jaffe and Albert Lee

  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-41: Rolling the Stones with Chuck Leavell & Bernard Fowler... Plus Rockabilly Gentleman, Narvel Felts, 10/9/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bernard Fowler and Mick Jagger
with Bernard Fowler, Chuck Leavell, and Narvel Felts

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:56
19-40: American Routes Live: With the Soul Rebels, Lost Bayou Ramblers & More, 10/2/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Soul Rebels, Credit: James Billeaudeau
with the Soul Rebels, Christian Scott, Tonya Boyd-Cannon, Cowboy Stew, James Hunter Six, Samantha Fish, and the Lost Bayou Ramblers

  • Added: Oct 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-39: Santana Speaks: with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Los Lobos, 9/25/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente and Los Lobos

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-38: Autumn Equinox & Remembering Aretha Franklin, 9/18/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Autumn Equinox
featuring a soundtrack for the changing season and a tribute to Aretha Franklin

  • Added: Sep 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-37: Guilty Pleasures Volume 2: Then & Now, 9/11/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Guilty Pleasures
from Lotte Lenya singing Mack the Knife and a Japanese take on Tighten Up, to Ray Charles and Ringo

  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-36: Dreamers Then & Now Volume 2: Jesse Colin Young and Leyla McCalla, 9/4/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with Jesse Colin Young and Leyla McCalla

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-35: Labor Day Live from New Orleans, 8/28/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Original Pinettes and Kermit Ruffins
at the 2019 French Quarter Festival with Kermit Ruffins, Don Vappie, Sunpie Barnes, the Original Pinettes Brass Band, Corey Henry, and the Iguanas

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-34: Los Angeles: Soundtrack for the Angels, 8/21/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Capitol Records
with Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Los Lobos, Big Jay McNeely and more

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-33: American Routes at the Movies 2019, 8/14/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Terence and Don Shirley
with Terence Blanchard, the Coen Brothers, and music from Green Book and other films

  • Added: Aug 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-32: Shades of the Blues , 8/7/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Marquise Knox
with Albert Lee, Phil Wiggins, Marquise Knox, and Steve Riley.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-31: Family Groove: Remembering Art Neville, 7/31/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Art Neville
remembering Art Neville and Fats Domino

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-30: Blue Jukes & Jazz Jukes with Bill Ferris and Doreen Ketchens , 7/24/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Son Thomas , Credit: Bill Ferris
with Bill Ferris and Doreen Ketchens

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58

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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