AMERICAN ROUTES
May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
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.

  • Info
  • ABOUT
  • BEST OF
  • UPCOMING
  • ARCHIVE
  • SUPPORT
  • JOURNAL
  • STATIONS
  • MEDIA KIT
  • INDEX
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
BROWSE BY DATE
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998

SUPPORT GREAT STORYTELLING

We rely on your support to remain on air and online. Your contribution helps us bring you interviews with great American artists and the carefully curated music mix that you’ve enjoyed over the years.

Donate

 

AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM

AUSTIN

September 6th, 2000

All through September we’ll visit the great American cities of music, starting in Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World.” We’ll hear Western swing, Tejano tunes, and talk with local singer-songwriters Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely.

  • Listen to Hour One
  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Miles & Miles of Texas Asleep at the Wheel
    Wheelin' & Dealin', Capitol
  • I Love My Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
    The Best Of, MCA
  • Rock and Roll Baby Bill Neely
    recorded at KUT Austin,
  • Ain't it Hard Mance Lipscomb
    Texas Blues Guitar, Arhoolie
  • I've Got Bad News Baby (Erbie's Blow Top Blues) TD Bell & Erbie Bowser
    It's About Time, Spindletop
  • Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Texas Flood, Sony
  • Instrumental: He'll Have To Go Ry Cooder
    Chicken Skin Music, Warner Bros
  • Si Acaso Vuelves (In Case You Return) Chelo Silva
    Tejano Roots: The Women, Arhoolie
  • Paloma Chicana Conjunto Atzlan
    Atzlan, Conjunto Atzlan
  • INTERVIEW: Joe Ely

    Listen
  • Instrumental: Street Scene In A Frontier Town Bill Frisell
    Have A Little Faith, Elektra
  • Blue Monday Fats Domino
    The Best of Austin City Limits, Sony
  • That's Enough of That Stuff Marcia Ball
    Hot Tamale Baby, Rounder
  • Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings
    Honky Tonk Heroes, Buddha

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Armadillo Stomp Commander Cody
    Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas, MCA
  • Stay All Night Willie Nelson
    Revolutions in Time… The Journey, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Willie Nelson
  • Shiner Song (Farewell to Prague) Adolf Hofner
    The Texas-Czech, Bohemian, & Moravian Bands, Arhoolie
  • Shave ‘em Dry Asylum Street Spankers
    Spanks for the Memories, Watermelon
  • Done What the Doctor Could Not Do Bells of Joy
    Second Time Around, Dialtone
  • I'm Tore Down Freddie King
    Hide Away, Rhino
  • She's About a Move Sir Douglas Quintet
    The Prime Of, Music Club
  • Instrumental: All You Know Acetone
    Acetone, Vapor
  • Weather Report The American Analog Set
    The Golden Band, EJ28CD
  • Words of Love Buddy Holly
    The Buddy Holly Collection, MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
  • Instrumental: Tickle Toe Lee Konitz
    The Lee Konitz Duets, Milestone
  • Broadway Blues Ornette Coleman and Dewey Redman
    The Best Of Ornette Coleman, Blue Note
  • Driftin' Blues Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
    Cocktail Combos, Capitol
  • Ballad of Spider John Willis Alan Ramsey
    Willis Alan Ramsey, Koch
  • Bye, Bye Baby Janis Joplin
    18 Essential Songs,

THE LATEST STREAMS

  • June 29th, 2022

    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

    Listen
  • June 22nd, 2022

    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

    Listen
  • June 15th, 2022

    SOUNDS OF FREEDOM: FONTELLA BASS AND FREDDIE HUBBARD

    Listen
A|R

  • Donate
A|R AMERICAN ROUTES
  • ABOUT
  • BEST OF
  • ARCHIVE
  • UPCOMING
  • SUPPORT US
  • JOURNAL
  • STATIONS
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
  • Tulane University
  • NEA
  • PRX