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.


655 Pieces

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22-21: Celebrating the 2021 National Heritage Fellows, 5/25/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble
with the 2021 National Heritage Fellows

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-20: Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté, 5/18/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Shemekia Copeland, Credit: Mike White
with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté

  • Added: May 17, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-19: Breaking Out: British Blues To New Orleans Bounce, 5/11/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Big Freedia
with John Mayall and Big Freedia

  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
22-18: Kingpins of the Gulf Coast: Rodney Crowell & Dr. John, 5/4/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. John
with Rodney Crowell & Dr. John

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-17: Give the Drummer Some: with Earl Palmer, JM Van Eaton, Adonis Rose & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, 4/27/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Adonis Rose
with Earl Palmer, JM Van Eaton, and a live set dedicated to James Black from Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-16: Music Circus, 4/20/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dolly Jacobs
With trapeze artist Dolly Jacobs, one time circus worker Meschiya Lake, a carnival barker, and Little Miss FireFly.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-15: Easter Parade & Passover: Music for Holy Days and Holidays, 4/13/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Highway Q.C.'s
with Del McCoury and the Highway Q.C.'s

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-14: Music and Healing: Part 2, 4/6/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Supaman
with Cora Harvey Armstrong, Supaman, Jesse Colin Young and Santana

  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
22-13: Antique & Modern Music New Orleans Style: Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet, 3/30/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Corey Henry
with Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet

  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:02
22-12: Blues Jukes & Jazz Streets With Bill Ferris And Doreen Ketchens, 3/23/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Doreen Ketchens
With Bill Ferris And Doreen Ketchens

  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-11: St. Patrick’s Singers, Fiddlers and Pickers from Ireland to America, 3/16/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Clancy Brothers
with music from Hank Locklin, The Clancy Brothers and Louis Armstrong, plus a live set from the 80th National Folk Festival with John Doyle, Seamus...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-10: Journeys in Life and Music with Rhonda Vincent & Allison Russell, 3/9/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Allison Russell
with Rhonda Vincent & Allison Russell

  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-09: A Music Map of New Orleans Lives–with Creole Jazz Singer John Boutté, 3/2/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: John Boutté, Credit: Marc PoKempner
with music from Trombone Shorty, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ida Cox and Louis Prima, plus a live session with John Boutté

  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-08: It’s Carnival Time!, 2/23/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Monk Boudreaux
featuring Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, and the music of Carnival in New Orleans and around the world

  • Added: Feb 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
22-07: Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith, 2/16/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bessie Smith, Credit: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
Exploring the life and times of Bessie Smith, featuring conversations with Annika Chambers and classic songs by Dinah Washington, Nina Simone and A...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-06: Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs, 2/9/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Mona Lisa Saloy
with poet-folklorist Steve Zeitlin and Louisiana’s poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
22-05: Remake the World: Jimmy Cliff & Arturo O’Farrill, 2/2/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jimmy Cliff
with Jimmy Cliff & Arturo O’Farrill

  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:02
22-04: While I’m Living: Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm, 1/26/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Tanya Tucker
with Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm

  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
22-03: Sweet Inspiration: Dan Penn & Trudy Lynn, 1/19/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Trudy Lynn
with Dan Penn & Trudy Lynn

  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
22-02: Words & Music in the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1/12/2022
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Staple Singers
featuring Albert Murray, Julian Bond, Mavis Staples, Harry Belafonte, Mable John, and Mississippi riverboat captain Doc Hawley

  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00

Series Subscription Information

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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