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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19-09: Carnival Time 2019, 2/27/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cha Wa
with Maroon Queen Cherice Harrison-Nelson and Cha Wa

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-08: American Routes at the Movies 2019, 2/20/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Terence Blanchard
featuring Terence Blanchard, the Coen Brothers and music from Green Book and other films

  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-07: Routes Rock & Cajun Stardom: Boz Scaggs & Jimmy C. Newman, 2/13/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs and Jimmy C. Newman

  • Added: Feb 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-06: Blues Jukes & Jazz Streets with Bill Ferris and Doreen Ketchens, 2/6/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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featuring Delta and Hill Country Blues recorded by Mississippi folklorist Bill Ferris and traditional jazz from the French Quarter by Doreen Ketchens

  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-05: Visions of Genius: Remembering Ray Charles, 1/30/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ray Charles
Conversations with Ray Charles and those closest to him, from our archives

  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
19-04: Love is Strange, 1/23/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jim Lauderdale
featuring Judy Collins & Jim Lauderdale, and musical selections from Bo Diddley, the Four Tops and Johnny Cash

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
19-03: In the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. with Cyril Neville, 1/16/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cyril Neville
featuring Cyril Neville and Freddie Hubbard

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:00
19-02: Record Mavens, 1/9/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dan Auerbach
Featuring Dan Auerbach and Joel Savoy

  • Added: Jan 08, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
19-01: Elvis Lives!, 1/2/2019
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Elvis Presley
Celebrating Elvis' birthday with DJ Fontana, Sam Phillips, Scotty Moore, and more...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-52: American Routes Live! New Years 2018, 12/26/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Soul Rebels Brass Band
featuring Soul Rebels, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Samantha Fish, and more

  • Added: Dec 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-51: Keep a Cool Yule, 12/19/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Piece image
featuring holiday tunes from Duke Ellington, Los Straightjackets, Joni Mitchell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and more.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-50: Dreamers Then and Now, 12/12/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Eric Anderson
Samantha Fish and Eric Anderson

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-49: Sonic Travelers, 12/5/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas and Guitar Shorty

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-48: Music and Healing, 11/28/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Anders Osborne
featuring Anders Osborne, Little Freddie King, Dr. Michael White, and more.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-47: Thanksgiving with the 2018 NEA National Heritage Fellows, 11/21/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Barbara Lynn
featuring Barbara Lynn, and other past and present recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award

  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-46: Blues Old and New, 11/14/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Robert Finley with Dan Auerbach
featuring the Black Keys, Robert Finley, and Luke Winslow King

  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-45: The Thriller, the Killer, and the Chiller, 11/7/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jerry Lee and Linda Gail Lewis
featuring Jerry Lee Lewis, and sisters Linda Gail and Frankie Jean

  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-44: Musical Memories, 10/31/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Joe Ely
featuring Joe Ely and Roscoe Robinson

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-43: I Put a Spell On You: Halloween 2018, 10/24/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shannon and the Clams
featuring Shannon and the Clams

  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-42: Rock n Roll, Then and Now, 10/17/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Fats Domino
Featuring a tribute to the late Fats Domino, Albert Lee, and Billy Boy Arnold

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • 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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