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


676 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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
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

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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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