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
19-29: Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce, 7/17/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Big Freedia and John Mayall, Credit: David Gomez
with John Mayall and Big Freedia

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-28: Making New Orleans Music, 7/10/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dave Bartholomew
with Dave Bartholomew, Earl Palmer, Cosimo Matassa, Allen Toussaint, and the Meters.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-27: A French Quarter Fourth 2019, 7/3/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Irma Thomas
live from the 2019 French Quarter Festival with Preservation Hall, Irma Thomas, Ellis Marsalis, and more.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-26: Love is Strange with Judy Collins and Jim Lauderdale, 6/26/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Judy Collins and Jim Lauderdale
with Judy Collins and Jim Lauderdale

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-25: Remembering Dr. John: The Night Tripper, 6/19/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. John
a tribute to Dr. John

  • Added: Jun 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-24: When is Father's Day?, 6/12/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Masakowski Family
with Ellis Maralis, Dan Auerbach, Rosanne Cash, and the Masakowski family

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-23: I Am (Not) a Diva, 6/5/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Piece image
with Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, Cynthia Girtley, and Abbey Lincoln

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-22: Guilty Pleasures Vol. 2: Then and Now, 5/29/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Piece image
from Lotte Lenya singing Mack the Knife and a Japanese take on Tighten Up, to Ray Charles and Ringo

  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-21: NEA National Heritage Fellows 2018, 5/22/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Barbara Lynn
With Barbara Lynn, Eddie Bond, Don & Cindy Roy, Ethel Raim, Kelly Church, Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim, Manuel Cuevas, Ofelia Esparza, Marion Coleman, Ledw...

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-20: Bourbon Street to Vegas with Louis Prima, 5/15/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Louis Prima, Credit: New Orleans Jazz Museum
featuring Sam Butera and Keely Smith

  • Added: May 14, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-19: Musical Memories with Joe Ely & Roscoe Robinson , 5/8/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Joe Ely
with Joe Ely and Roscoe Robinson

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-18: Celebrating Jazz Fest at 50: With Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson, 5/1/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson at Jazz Fest 1970, Credit: Photo by Michael P Smith courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection
Celebrating Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington

  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-17: Live in New Orleans at Jazz Fest and Beyond: The Meters, Randy Newman, Doug Kershaw & the Tedeschi Trucks Band , 4/24/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Doug Kershaw
The Meters, Randy Newman, Doug Kershaw & the Tedeschi Trucks Band

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-16: Spring into Easter with the Paschall Brothers, Charlie Louvin and the Santa Maria Produce Company, 4/17/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Charlie Louvin with brother Ira
with the Paschall Brothers, Charlie Louvin and the Santa Maria Produce Company

  • Added: Apr 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-15: Dreamers Then & Now Vol. 2: Jesse Colin Young & Leyla McCalla, 4/10/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
featuring Jesse Colin Young & Leyla McCalla

  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-14: Friends of Robert Johnson, 4/3/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson remembered by Johnny Shines, Henry Townsend, Robert Junior Lockwood, and Lonnie Pitchford.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-13: Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson, 3/27/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson

  • Added: Mar 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-12: Stories from the Road with Brandi Carlile & Meschiya Lake, 3/20/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Brandi Carlile
with Brandi Carlile & Meschiya Lake

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-11: Shades of Blues, 3/13/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Marquise Knox
Albert Lee, Phil Wiggins, Marquis Knox and Steve Riley

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-10: New Blues & Bluegrass: Cedric Burnside & ShadowGrass, 3/6/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cedric Burnside
with Cedric Burnside and ShadowGrass

  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • 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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