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


677 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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
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

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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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