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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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CARNIVAL

February 18th, 2004

It’s that time of year again in New Orleans — out come the beads, the king cakes, and the music! Our annual Carnival special includes a visit with the Rebirth Brass Band, a quintessential part of so many parades this time of year. Mardi Gras sounds and stories from Mobile, Alabama; their celebration is actually older than New Orleans! And of course all your favorite Carnival time tunes, in versions new and old.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Carnival Time Rebirth Brass Band
    Mardi Gras Party, Rounder
  • Treme Second Line (Blow Da Whistle) Kermit Ruffins
    Swing This!, Basin Street
  • Basin Street Blues Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, MCA
  • Basin Street Ain't Basin Street No More Snookum Russell
    New Orleans Deep Roots, Tuff City
  • New Orleans Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack's Orchestra
    New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll R&B Party, West Side
  • Instrumental: Wham Tousan Allen Toussaint
    The Complete ‘Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
  • INTERVIEW: Keith and Philip Frazier of Rebirth Brass Band

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  • When the Saints Go Marching In Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
    Marie LaVeau, GHB
  • Let's Give a Party Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs
    That Old Gang of Mine / Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs, Flying Fish
  • Et La Bas Hackberry Ramblers
    Gran Prairie: A Cajun Music Anthology Vol. 3, The Historic Victor Bluebird Sessions 1935-1940, Country Music Foundation
  • SEGMENT: Cajun / Creole Mardi Gras
  • La Danse De Mardi Gras Bee Deshotels
    Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians, Arhoolie
  • Mardi Gras Chant Harry Oster
    Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
  • Oui mon cher camarade (Yes my dear friend) Field recording by Nick Spitzer, in Duralde, LA
  • Mardi Gras Blues Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers
    Mardi Gras Time, Easydisc
  • Instrumental: Bayou Drive Clifton Chenier
    Chess New Orleans, MCA
  • SEGMENT: Mardi Gras in Mobile, AL

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  • Mardi Gras Blues Big Joe Turner
    Blues in the Night, Arpeggio
  • Life Is A Carnival The Band
    Across the Great Divide, Capitol

HOUR two

  • Big Chief The Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John
    Medicated Magic, Rope-A-Dope
  • Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair
    New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
  • Calabash Count Lasher with Charlie Binger Six
    Boogo Yaaga Gal, Heritage
  • My Indian Red Baby Dodds Trio with Danny Barker
    Jazz A'La Creole, GHB
  • Iko-Iko Dixie Cups
    The Red Bird Story, Charly
  • Instrumental: Big Chief Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias
    I'm Back… At Carnival Time!, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indian chief, Bo Dollis

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  • Ja-Ki-Mo-Fi-Na-Hay Donald Harrison & Dr. John
    Indian Blues, Camden
  • Patricia Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
    Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch
  • Mardi Gras Mambo The Meters
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vol.II, Mardi Gras
  • Instrumental: Nervous Boogie Paul Gayten
    Chess New Orleans, MCA
  • New Orleans Twist Blazer Boy
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, EMI
  • Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear Dave Bartholomew
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, EMI
  • Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South Louis Prima
    Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol
  • Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Louis Armstrong
    From The Big Band To The All Stars 1946-1956, RCA
  • End Bed: Walk Thru the Streets of the City Bill Matthews and his N.O. Dixieland Band
    Recorded In New Orleans, Vol. 1, Good Time Jazz

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