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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18-32: Giants of Jazz, 8/8/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
Exploring the lives of John Coltran and Thelonious Monk

  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-31: Stories From the Road, 8/1/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Meschiya Lake
featuring Brandi Carlile and Meschiya Lake

  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-30: A Routes Rocker and Memories of the Alligator Man, 7/25/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: American Routes
Boz Scaggs and Jimmy C. Newman

  • Added: Jul 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-29: Record Mavens, 7/18/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: San Auerbach
featuring Dan Auerbach and Joel Savoy

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-28: Blue Note Records: Then and Now, 7/11/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Don Was
featuring Don Was and Michael Cuscuna

  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-27: And So Fourth!, 7/4/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Boom!
featuring live recordings from Preservation Hall in New Orleans and the Montana Folk Festival

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-26: Small Town Blues, 6/27/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jeff Tweedy
featuring Jeff Tweedy and Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
18-25: Summertime Variations, 6/20/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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featuring music from the Beach Boys, Toots and the Maytals, Wilco, the Kinks, and more.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:00
18-24: When Is Fathers' Day?, 6/13/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Masakowski Family
featuring the Marsalis and Masakowski Families

  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-23: Dreamers Then and Now, 6/6/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: American Routes
featuring Eric Anderson and Samantha Fish

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-22: Creoles and Cowgirls, 5/30/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Charlie Gabriel
featuring Charlie Gabriel and the Quebe Sisters

  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-21: Memorial Day with the NEA National Heritage Fellows, 5/23/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: American Routes
featuring Del McCoury, Carol Fran, Eva Ybarra, John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, and the 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:00
18-20: Blues, Old, New & Beyond, 5/16/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dan Auerbach and Robert Finley
featuring the Black Keys, Robert Finley, and Luke Winslow-King

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-19: Family Groove: Remembering Charles Neville... And His Brothers From New Orleans, 5/9/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Charles Neville
featuring interviews with the Neville Brothers

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-18: The Killer, the Thriller, and the Chiller, 5/2/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jerry Lee and Linda Gail Lewis
Featuring Jerry Lee Lewis With Sisters Linda Gail and Frankie Jean

  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-17: Celebrating the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 4/25/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Herlin Riley
featuring Topsy Chapman, Lee Konitz, Herlin Riley, Celia Cruz, McCoy Tyner and Sonny Rollins

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-16: Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others, 4/18/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin, and Syl and Jimmy Johnson

  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-15: Festival International de Louisiane, 4/11/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: C.J. Chenier
featuring live performances from Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, and an interview with zydeco-man C.J. Chenier

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
18-14: Red Sticks and Blue Notes: The Baton Rouge Blues Festival , 4/4/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Teddy, of Teddy's Juke Joint
...featuring interviews with James "Chicken Scratch" Johnson and Teddy of Teddy's Juke Joint, as well as live performances from the 2016 Baton Roug...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
18-13: Music For Easter, Passover, and Spring - and Conversation With Rev. Al Green, 3/28/2018
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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featuring Al Green, as well as music from Fats Domino, Greg Brown, Desmond Dekker, and more...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58

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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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