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.


629 Pieces

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20-40: Swinging with the Mockingbirds and Milk Cows: Los Cenzontles and the Hot Club of Cowtown, 9/30/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Los Cenzontles
with Los Cenzontles and the Hot Club of Cowtown

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-39: Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith, 9/23/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bessie Smith , Credit: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
featuring Annika Chambers, a 21st Century blues woman and classic Bessie Smith songs by Dinah Washington, Nina Simone and Alberta Hunter.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-38: Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music with Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, 9/16/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Marsalis Family
A tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr. and his musical sons Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-37: San Antonio Sounds, 9/9/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca
with Flaco Jimenez, Sunny and the Sunliners, Augie Meyers and Max Baca

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-36: American Routes Live: Labor Day at French Quarter Fest 2019, 9/2/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: French Quarter Festival
With Kermit Ruffins, Don Vappie, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and his Sunspots, the Original Pinettes Brass Band, the Iguanas, and Corey Henry’s Tremé Fun...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-35: After the Storm: Katrina at 15, 8/26/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Fats Domino’s house in the Lower Ninth Ward, four months after Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
a look back at the catastrophe, recovery and renewed hope for the culture of the Crescent City with Dr. John, Irma Thomas, the Rebirth Brass Band a...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-34: Blues for Home and Highways: Eddie Cotton, Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey, 8/19/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Eddie Cotton Jr.
with Eddie Cotton, Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-33: Songs of Rivers and Mountains: Joan Shelley & Jeff Little, 8/12/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Joan Shelley
with Joan Shelley & Jeff Little

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-32: American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison’s Jazz Journey, 8/5/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with Leyla McCalla and Donald Harrison

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-31: While I’m Living: Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm, 7/29/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Tanya Tucker
with Tanya Tucker & Warren Storm

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-30: Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins, 7/22/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Kermit Ruffins
with Mark Samuels, Jon Cleary, and Kermit Ruffins

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-29: American Routes Live with Summer Sounds from French Quarter Fest 2019, 7/15/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: French Quarter Festival, Credit: Zack Smith Photography, Courtesy of French Quarter Festivals, Inc.
with music from Irma Thomas, Ellis Marsalis, the Preservation Hall Brass Band, Don Vappie and Evan Christopher, Bruce Daigrepont, Topsy Chapman and...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
20-28: Remake the World: Jimmy Cliff & Arturo O’Farrill, 7/8/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Jimmy Cliff
with Jimmy Cliff & Arturo O’Farrill

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-27: Musical Stars and Cultural Stripes: American Roots Independence Day Revisited, 7/1/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: 4th of July on the Mall, Credit: Photo courtesy National Council for the Traditional Arts, July 4, 1993
with performances by the Staple Singers, Tito Puente, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, New Orleans Tuxedo Brass and more.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-26: Rolling the Stones with Chuck Leavell & Bernard Fowler...plus Rockabilly Gentleman, Narvel Felts, 6/24/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Bernard Fowler
with Chuck Leavell, Bernard Fowler & Narvel Felts

  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:56
20-25: Sounds of Freedom: Fontella Bass and Freddie Hubbard, 6/17/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Fontella Bass
with Fontella Bass and Freddie Hubbard

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-24: Music and Words of Wisdom: A Corona Stray From Home Companion, Vol. 3, 6/10/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Ray Charles
with Ray Charles, Flaco Jimenez, Dave Brubeck, and the Original Pinettes Brass Band

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-23: Santana Speaks: with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Los Lobos, 6/3/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Carlos Santana
with Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Los Lobos

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
20-22: The Outlaw Poet and the Crawfish Queen: Billy Joe Shaver & Yvette Landry, 5/27/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Billy Joe Shaver
with Billy Joe Shaver & Yvette Landry

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
20-21: National Heritage Fellows 2019, 5/20/2020
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Linda Goss
American Routes celebrates this holiday weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows Concert in Washington DC.

  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • 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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