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


675 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
23-09: New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators, 3/1/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Danny and Blue Lu Barker
with Danny Barker and Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-08: Eclectic Excellence: Pittsburgh Guitarist George Benson & New Orleans Clarinetist Aurora Nealand, 2/22/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: George Benson
with George Benson & Aurora Nealand

  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-07: It’s “Carnival Time” in the Caribbean, New Orleans, and French Louisiana–with Professor Longhair and a Cast of Thousands, 2/15/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Hunters, Credit: Armon Dauphin
with the Mohawk Hunters and a tribute to Professor Longhair with Allen Toussaint, Dr. John and Ellis Marsalis.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-06: Country, Cuban and Cajun: Raul Malo & The Mavericks; The Pine Leaf Boys , 2/8/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Raul Malo and the Mavericks
with Raul Malo & The Mavericks; The Pine Leaf Boys

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-05: Home Grown Soul: Jimmy Hughes and Booker T. Jones, 2/1/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Booker T. Jones, Credit: Piper Ferguson
with Jimmy Hughes and Booker T. Jones

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-04: New Orleans Traditional Jazz Live with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band–Jazz Manouche from Christine Tassan et les Imposteures, 1/25/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Christine Tassan
with Dr. Michael White and Christine Tassan et les Imposteures

  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-03: The Color of Music with Henry Butler & Lonnie Holley, 1/18/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Lonnie Holley
with Henry Butler & Lonnie Holley

  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-02: American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison’s Jazz Journey , 1/11/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with Leyla McCalla and Donald Harrison

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-01: Piedmont Blues with Jontavious Willis & Andrew Alli and The Stooges Brass Band Live from New Orleans, 1/4/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Stooges Brass Band
with Jontavious Willis, Andrew Alli and the Stooges Brass Band

  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-52: New Orleans New Years Live, 12/28/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
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with Rebirth Brass Band, Leroy Jones, Ellis Marsalis, Little Freddie King, Jon Cleary and Charmaine Neville

  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-51: Sounds of Winter Solstice and the Holidays, 12/21/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Piece image
with music from Snooky Pryor, Big Maceo, Aretha Franklin, Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald, Wille Nelson, Elvis, Bela Fleck, Andy Statman and more.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-50: Rockabilly Rascal Chuck Mead & Heralding the Folk with Alice Gerrard, 12/14/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Chuck Mead
with Chuck Mead and Alice Gerrard

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
22-49: Memphis’ Hi Records – Stories and Music from Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Don Bryant, Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie “Hubbie” Turner, 12/7/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Hi Rhythm
with Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Don Bryant, Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie “Hubbie” Turner

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-48: Jump for Joy: Big Band Jazz and Conjunto Fiddle Traditions with Carla Bley and Belen Escobedo, 11/30/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Carla Bley
with Carla Bley and Belen Escobedo

  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-47: Thanksgiving with the 2022 National Heritage Fellows, 11/23/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shaka Zulu
with the the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows

  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-46: Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté, 11/16/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shemekia Copeland, Credit: Victoria Smith
with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-45: The Killer, the Thriller & the Chiller: Jerry Lee Lewis with Sisters Linda Gail and Frankie Jean, 11/9/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis with Sisters Linda Gail and Frankie Jean

  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-44: Piano People and More: Jason Moran & Heath Allen, 11/2/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jason Moran
with Jason Moran & Heath Allen

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-43: Dance Around in Your Bones: Halloween, All Saints and All Souls, 10/26/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. John
with Dr. John, Charles Neville and Ofelia Esparza

  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-42: Give the Drummer Some: with Earl Palmer, JM Van Eaton, Adonis Rose, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, 10/19/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Adonis Rose
with Earl Palmer, JM Van Eaton, Adonis Rose, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01

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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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