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Memorial Day with the 2022 National Heritage Fellows

For Memorial Day, we’re celebrating the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows. Great musicians, storytellers, artisans and advocates, who have received our nation’s highest honor in traditional arts with these new honorees: Richmond gospel family, The Legendary Ingramettes; Navajo Diné weaver and sheep rancher, TahNibaa Naataanii; Washington DC step choreographer, C. Brian Williams; Excelsior Brass Band of Mobile, Alabama; master Hawaiian Hale builder Francis “Palani” Sinenci; Tibetan Opera singer and dancer Tsering Wangmo Satho; Flamenco dancer Eva Encinias; Bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland; St. Croix Quelbe flute player and bandleader, Stanley Jacobs; and New Orleans Black-masking craftsman, stilt dancer and musician, Shaka Zulu. Plus music from former fellows Doc Watson, Cedric Burnside, Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jiménez, Andy Statman, Dr. Michael White and Wanda Jackson, among others.

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VAMPIRES

October 24th, 2001

As the Hallows approach, find out why New Orleans is the vampire capital of North America. Special guests: Romanian poet and NPR essayist Andrei Codrescu, and native novelist Anne Rice. Potentially frightening musicians like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Dr. John, and Miles Davis; plus songs such as “That Old Black Magic,” “Stones in My Passway,” and “Midnight Rambler.”

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HOUR ONE

  • Open bed: One Step Beyond (Fear)/The Twilight Zone The Ventures
    Ultra-Lounge vol.13: TV Town, Capitol
  • Hoodoo Al Reed
    The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, Imperial
  • I Put a Spell On You Them
    Them featuring Van Morrison, Polygram
  • Little Demon Screamin' Jay Hawkins
    Voodoo Jive: the Best of, Rhino
  • Vampire Lee Scratch Perry
    Arkology, Island Jamaica
  • Instrumental: White Ghost Shivers New Orleans Owls
    Jazz the World Forgot Vol. 2, Yazoo
  • Sadie Green (The Vamp from N.O.) Milton Brown
    Okeh Western Swing, Sony
  • Vampire Girl Jonathan Richman
    You Must Ask The Heart, Rounder
  • INTERVIEW: Anne Rice

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  • St. James Infirmary Blues Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
    Livin The Legacy, Royal Tuxedo
  • The Yodeling Ghost Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
    Their Complete Recordings Together, MCA
  • Instrumental: Evil Ways Chet Baker
    Talkin' Verve: Groovy, Verve
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus – excerpt
    1979-1983 Vol. 1, Beggar's Banquet
  • Dracula Richard Pryor
    Who Me? I'm Not Him, Island
  • Black Ghost Blues Lightnin Hopkins
    The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings, Prestige/Bluesville
  • Black Magic Woman Dennis Brown
    The Prime Of Dennis Brown: 16 Cuts from the Crown Prince of Reggae, MCI
  • The Witch Doctor Art Blakey
    The Witch Doctor, Blue Note
  • Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead Ella Fitzgerald
    Harold Arlen Songbook Vol. 2, Verve

HOUR two

  • Open bed: Twilght Zone Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra
    Elvira Presents Haunted Hits, Rhino
  • That Old Black Magic Sammy Davis Jr.
    Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story, Warner/Rhino
  • Haunted House Leon Redbone
    On the Track, Warner
  • Stones in My Passway Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones
    Let It Bleed, Abkco
  • Down in the Willow Garden Everley Brothers
    Classic Box, Bear Family
  • Caleb Meyer Gillian Welch
    Hell Among The Yearlings, Almo
  • Instrumental: Wagonwheel The Sadies
    Precious Moments, Bloodshot
  • INTERVIEW: Andrei Codrescu
  • Free Music #1 Percy Grainger
    Music from the Ether: Original Works for Theremin, New Music
  • People Are Strange The Doors
    Strange Days, Elektra
  • Ghost Town The Specials
    This Are Two Tone, Chrysalis
  • Instrumental: The Selecter The Selecter
    This Are Two Tone, Chrysalis
  • Bitches Brew Miles Davis
    The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, Sony
  • End bed: Ki Ya Gris Gris Dr. John
    Anutha Zone, Virgin

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