WWNO PLEDGE CANDLES, FEATURING NICK SPITZER
Our presenting station, WWNO FM, is offering a new exclusive collector’s item as part of their pledge drive: WWNO Public Radio Pledge Candles, featuring Nick…
American Routes is blues and jazz, gospel and soul, rockabilly and country, Cajun and swamp pop, Tejano, Latin… and beyond. Songs and stories from musicians describe a deep and diverse nation with sounds and styles shared by all Americans. From the bayous to the beltways, from crossroads to crosstown, on interstates and city streets, turn up your radio for the sonic journey!
American Routes—produced in New Orleans since 1998
Creoles and Cowgirls: Charlie Gabriel & the Quebe Sisters
We hit up Preservation Hall in the French Quarter for a potent dose of trad jazz, as bandleader and fourth-generation Creole musician Charlie Gabriel tells of his Caribbean roots, jazz funerals, and New Orleans' hybrid rhythms. Then we head to the Lonestar state to hear the reworking of jazz into Texas swing, as played by… read more
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DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE: AN EVENING WITH AMERICAN ROUTES
This Friday, November 15, Nick Spitzer will be hosting Down By the Riverside: An Evening with American Routes as part of “Anthropocene River Campus: The…
HENRY GRAY HEALTHCARE FUND
Legendary Baton Rouge blues musician Henry Gray, 94, is now in hospice care. We have featured many of his songs in shows such as “Red…
