AMERICAN ROUTES
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté June 7th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté

It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Shemekia Copeland photo by Mike White

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BLUES ROUTES II

February 1st, 2006

This American Routes celebrates the blues by veering off Highway 61 to examine the east coast songster tradition and west coast/Kansas City jump blues. Maryland-based guitarist Warner Williams lets his guitar do most of the talking as he moves through a live set of Piedmont blues. Jump blues king and Creole chameleon Deacon John talks about his career as both a New Orleans sideman and fronting his own band, the Ivories. Plus great music from T-Bone Walker, Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt and more.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Step It Up Warner Williams
    live at American Routes studio,
  • Nine Pound Hammer Cephas and Wiggins
    Cool Down, Alligator
  • John Henry Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
    Classic Bluegrass, Rebel
  • St. James Infirmary Doc and Richard Watson
    Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill
  • If You Lose Your Money Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
    Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Folkways
  • Outside Woman Blues Cream
    Disraeli Gears, Polydor
  • Instrumental: See You in Hell, Blind Boy Ry Cooder
    Crossroad soundtrack, Warner
  • Samson and Delilah Blind Gary Davis
    Harlem Street Singer, Fantasy
  • I Just Want Your Stingaree Les Paul with Georgia White
    Les Paul: The Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus 1936-47, Decca/MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Warner Williams

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  • Instrumental: Requiem For John Hurt John Fahey
    Requia, Vanguard
  • Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor Mississippi John Hurt
    The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard
  • Angels Laid Him Away Lucinda Williams
    Avalon Blues: A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt, Vanguard
  • Moanin' the Blues Hank Williams
    The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury
  • Angel from Montgomery John Prine
    John Prine, Atlantic
  • She Thinks I Still Care Solomon Burke
    Proud Mary: The Bell Sessions, Sundazed

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Going Back To New Orleans Deacon John
    Deacon John's Jump Blues, Vetter
  • Creole Blues Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    Creole Blues, Vappielle
  • Empty Bed Blues Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    San Antonio Rose, Bear Family
  • Pony Tail T-Bone Walker
    The Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950-1954, EMI
  • Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey
    Working In The Coalmine: Golden Classics, Collectables
  • Green Door Eskew Reeder
    The Minit Records Story, EMI
  • Instrumental: Nobody Knows You (Reprise) Deacon John
    Deacon John's Jump Blues, Vetter
  • INTERVIEW: Deacon John

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  • Blues Around The Clock Count Basie & Joe Turner
    The Bosses, Pablo
  • Jumpin' The Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
    Spirit Of The Black Territory Bands, Arhoolie
  • Tip On In Slim Harpo
    House Rockin' and Hip Shakin', Vol. 3: Killer Swamp Blues Guitar, Hip-O
  • Sax Shack Boogie Amos Milburn
    Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: The Best of Amos Milburn, 1946-1955, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Feedbag Dr. John
    Mac Rebennack Medical School: The Early Sessions of Mac ‘Dr. John' Rebennack, Ace
  • Blues All Day Long Richard ‘Groove' Holmes
    Blues All Day Long, 32 Jazz
  • Things That I Used To Do Guitar Slim
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound Of New Orleans, 1947-1974, EMI
  • Rich Woman Blues Lil' Millet and his Creoles
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Gone A La Maison Clifton Chenier
    Sings The Blues, Arhoolie
  • End Bed: Lafayette Waltz Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie

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