AMERICAN ROUTES
San Antonio Sounds San Antonio Sounds September 20th, 2023 (Hour 1)
San Antonio Sounds

The great Texas river city is a mix of Mexican, German, Anglo and African American cultures, among others. Home to the Texas Conjunto Festival and the International Accordion Festival, San Antonio is best known for Tex-Mex or Tejano music played by squeeze box masters like Flaco Jimenez, Narciso Martinez and Mingo Saldivar among many. We’ll speak with Flaco, who in collaborations with Doug Sahm, Ry Cooder, and Los Super Seven, has carried the music worldwide. “Chicano brown-eyed soul” performers like Sunny and the Sunliners and other groups describe music that connected New Orleans and Louisiana Swamp Pop with San Antonio and East Los Angeles. We’ll also talk with Vox organ legend Augie Meyers who worked in the high hippie era with Doug Sahm as part of the Sir Douglas Quintet and later in the Texas Tornadoes. The conversation comes full circle with Max Baca, the leader and bajo sexto player of Los Texmaniacs who was influenced by both Flaco and Doug Sahm. The Grammy-winning family band sticks with tradition, but finds ways to include country, blues and rock. Plus music from Sam the Sham, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Freddy Fender and Willie Nelson. ¡Vamos!

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NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS 2020

November 25th, 2020

American Routes celebrates this Thanksgiving weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This year’s Fellows include soul singer and songwriter William Bell, Armenian folk and liturgical singer Onnik Dinkjian, West African diasporic dancers Zakarya and Naomi Diouf, Iroquois raised beadworker Karen Ann Hoffman, traditional religious dancers Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de Ladrillera, founder of Radio Bilingue, Hugo Morales, old-time fiddler and banjo player John Morris, Anishinaabe birchbark canoe builder Wayne Valliere and Nueva Cancion singer and songwriter Suni Paz. Plus Fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Ralph Stanley, Michael Doucet, Wanda Jackson, Doc Watson, Carol Fran, Flaco Jimenez, Andy Statman and Dr. Michael White.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open bed: Stealing Time Eddie Pennington
    Walks the Strings... and Even Sings , Folkways
  • I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
    The Muscle Shoals Sound , Rhino
  • Better Day Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
    Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing , Folkways
  • Worried Blues Doc Watson
    Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection , Sugar Hill
  • Clip: Ralph Stanley

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  • Rank Stranger Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
    Classic Bluegrass , Rebel
  • Parlez-Nous à Boire (Speak to Us of Drinking) Beausoleil
    Parlez-Nous à Boire & More , Arhoolie
  • Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
    Boozoo Chavis , Electra Nonesuch
  • Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
    Railroad Bill, Cello
  • Segment: William Bell

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  • Hard Headed Woman Wanda Jackson
    Vintage Collection , Capitol
  • Everyday Is Not the Same Carol Fran
    Live at the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Instrumental: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
    Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs , Verve
  • Segment: Karen Ann Hoffman

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  • Segment: Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de la Ladrillera

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  • Segment: Onnik Dinkjian

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  • End Bed: A Brighter Day Andy Statman
    Old Brooklyn, Shefa

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Balaju Los Pregoneros del Puerto
    Music of Veracruz-- Los Pregoneros del Puerto , Rounder
  • Segment: Suni Paz

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  • Segment: Wayne Valliere

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  • Instrumental: Thanksgiving Hawk Henries
    Keeping the Fire: Eastern Woodlands Flute , self-released
  • Clip: Elaine Hoffman Watts

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  • Shtetl Ias Elaine Hoffman Watts
    I Remember Klezmer , self-published
  • Love's Gonna Live Here Again Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
    All American Country Flavored Polkas, Bel-Aire
  • El Cihualteco Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
    Canciones De Siempre , Peer Music
  • Segment: Hugo Morales

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  • Segment: John Morris

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  • Instrumental: Nui Papa Ledward Kaapana
    Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar , Dancing Cat
  • Segment: Dr. Zakarya and Naomi Diouf

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  • Clip: Dr. Michael White

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  • Shake It and Break It (The Weary Blues) Dr. Michael White
    Crescent City Serenade , Antilles
  • Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker
    Serves You Right to Suffer , MCA
  • This Land is Your Land Flaco Jimenez, the Paschall Brothers & Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Closing Bed: Jam session from the stage
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,

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