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

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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
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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
18-41: Get Rhythm: A Tribute to Johnny Cash, 10/10/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: American Routes
featuring archival interviews with Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Rick Ruben, Marshall Grant, John Carter Cash, and more

  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-40: Crossover Dreams: Latin Music In America, 10/3/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Los Lobos
featuring Los Lobos, Los Cenzontles, Eva Ybarra, Oscar Hernandez, Tito Puente, and more...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-39: Timekeepers: The Art of Drumming , 9/26/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shannon Powell
with Shannon Powell, JM Van Eaton, Ben Riley and Tito Puente

  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-38 : Autumn Equinox: Season Change and Autumnal Sounds, 9/19/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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featuring Sarah Vaughn, Sam Cooke, Van Morrison and Aretha Franklin

  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-37: A Grateful Journey, 9/12/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Kris Kristofferson
featuring Kris Kristofferson

  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:55
18-36: Fellow Travelers, 9/5/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Margo Price and Willie Nelson
Margo Price, Willie Nelson, and friends

  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:00
18-35: Labor Day Live With the Baton Rouge Blues Fest, 8/29/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Lazy Lester
featuring live performances from the 2018 Baton Rouge Blues Festival, including Lazy Lester, Samantha Fish, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Chris Thomas King ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-34: Routes Live!, 8/22/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Meters
with the Meters, Randy Newman, Doug Kershaw, and the Tedeschi-Trucks Band

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-33: New Blues and Bluegrass, 8/15/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Cedric Burnside
with Cedric Burnside and Shadowgrass

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57

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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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