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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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SOUTH TO LOUISIANA WITH ROD BERNARD

May 12th, 2021

American Routes digs into the archives for a classic program on the previous musical generation that defined cultural continuity and renaissance in Southwestern French Louisiana. The interviews include swamp popper Rod Bernard about his breakout hit “This Could Go On Forever.” The late guitarist Lil’ Buck Sinegal recalls the heyday of Clifton Chenier’s Red Hot Louisiana Band. There’s an historic interview with Dewey Balfa, the late fiddler who helped bring Cajun music to worldwide attention. Plus an in-studio set with the memorable Creole accordion player Zydeco Joe.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • Le Sud de la Louisianne Alex Broussard
    Le Sud de la Louisianne, La Louisianne
  • Zydeco et Pas Sale Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Grand Texas Wallace 'Cheese' Reed
    Cajun House Party, Arhoolie
  • Jambalaya (on the Bayou) Hank Williams
    The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury
  • Instrumental: Jambalaya Original Drifting Cowboys Band
    Hank Williams Instrumentals, Landmark
  • Lake Charles Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Grand Mamou Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Dewey Balfa from NPR's All Things Considered 1991

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  • Instrumental: Burghers Beat John Hart with Lil' Bob & the Lollipops
    Lafayette Soul Show, La Louisianne
  • I Got Loaded Lil' Bob & the Lollipops
    Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
  • Bon Ton Roulet Clarence Garlow
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, 1947 - 1974, EMI
  • SEGMENT: Zydeco Joe live at KRVS

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  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes Original Recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Mon Papa Buckwheat Zydeco
    Classics, Rounder
  • South to Louisiana (North to Alaska) Johnnie Allan
    Swamp Pop Legend, Johnnie Allan: The Essential Collection, Swallow
  • Always Late (With Your Kisses) Jo-El Sonnier
    The Complete Mercury Sessions, Mercury
  • La Porte Dan Arriere (The Back Door) Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, D. L. Menard
    En Bas du Chene Vert, Arhoolie
  • Long Telephone Port Arthur Cleveland Crochet
    Cleveland Crochet & All the Sugar Bees, Goldband
  • Mo Coeur Casses Sampy and the Bad Habits
    Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Congo Mombo Guitar Gable & the Musical Kings
    Sound of the Swamp: The Best of Excello Records, Vol. 1, Rhino
  • Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher
    The Best of Nellie Lutcher, Capitol Jazz
  • Opelousas Sostan Rufus Jagneaux
    Swamp Gold, Volume 1, Jin
  • SEGMENT: Rod Bernard

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  • Mathilda Cookie & the Cupcakes
    Swamp Gold, Volume 1, Jin
  • Paper in My Shoe Boozoo Chavis
    Alligator Stomp: Cajun and Zydeco Classics, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Line Dancer Lil' Buck Sinegal
    The Buck Starts Here, NYNO
  • SEGMENT: Lil' Buck Sinegal

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  • Rainin' in My Heart Slim Harpo
    Sings Raining in My Heart, Hip-O
  • Je Vas Revenir Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Band
    Play the Zydeco, GNP/Crescendo
  • Chez Moreau Pine Leaf Boys
    La Musique, Arhoolie
  • End Bed: Les Blues Des Routes David Doucet
    1957: Solo Cajun Guitar, Rounder

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    SOUNDS OF FREEDOM: FONTELLA BASS AND FREDDIE HUBBARD

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