American Routes
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- http://www.prx.org/americanroutes
- Networks: American Routes Private Network
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting 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.
The program also presents documentary features and artist interviews. Our conversations include Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, B.B. King, Dr. John, Dave Brubeck, Abbey Lincoln, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Randy Newman, McCoy Tyner, Lucinda Williams, Rufus Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others. Join us as we ride legendary trains, or visit street parades, instrument-makers, roadside attractions and juke joints, and meet tap dancers, fishermen, fortunetellers and more.
Learn more at prx.org/americanroutes.
The program also presents documentary features and artist interviews. Our conversations include Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, B.B. King, Dr. John, Dave Brubeck, Abbey Lincoln, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Randy Newman, McCoy Tyner, Lucinda Williams, Rufus Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others. Join us as we ride legendary trains, or visit street parades, instrument-makers, roadside attractions and juke joints, and meet tap dancers, fishermen, fortunetellers and more.
Learn more at prx.org/americanroutes.
Series
306 Pieces
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting 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. The show explores the shared musical and cultural threads in these American styles and genres of music and how they are distinguished.
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American Routes Fundraising Programs for all PRX stations
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Pieces
featuring Terence Blanchard, the Coen Brothers and music from Green Book and other films
- Added: Feb 14, 2019
- Length: :00
- Added: Feb 12, 2019
- Length: 01:58:57
featuring Delta and Hill Country Blues recorded by Mississippi folklorist Bill Ferris and traditional jazz from the French Quarter by Doreen Ketchens
- Added: Feb 05, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
Conversations with Ray Charles and those closest to him, from our archives
- Added: Jan 29, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
featuring Judy Collins & Jim Lauderdale, and musical selections from Bo Diddley, the Four Tops and Johnny Cash
- Added: Jan 22, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
- Added: Jan 15, 2019
- Length: 01:59:00
Featuring Dan Auerbach and Joel Savoy
- Added: Jan 08, 2019
- Length: 01:58:57
Celebrating Elvis' birthday with DJ Fontana, Sam Phillips, Scotty Moore, and more...
- Added: Jan 01, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
featuring Soul Rebels, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Samantha Fish, and more
- Added: Dec 25, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
featuring holiday tunes from Duke Ellington, Los Straightjackets, Joni Mitchell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and more.
- Added: Dec 18, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
People who work with American Routes
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Nick Spitzer (Admin)
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Ken Mills (Admin)
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Garrett Pittman (Admin)
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Betsy Shepherd (Admin)
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Olivia Broslawsky (Admin)
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