DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE: AN EVENING WITH AMERICAN ROUTES
This Friday, November 15, Nick Spitzer will be hosting Down By the Riverside: An Evening with American Routes as part of “Anthropocene River Campus: The…
American Routes is blues and jazz, gospel and soul, rockabilly and country, Cajun and swamp pop, Tejano, Latin… and beyond. Songs and stories from musicians describe a deep and diverse nation with sounds and styles shared by all Americans. From the bayous to the beltways, from crossroads to crosstown, on interstates and city streets, turn up your radio for the sonic journey!
American Routes—produced in New Orleans since 1998
Songs of Rivers and Mountains: Joan Shelley & Jeff Little
This week we visit with two Southern crafters of music and song. Kentucky native and guitarist Joan Shelley takes her ethereal songwriting and voicing of life's emotional flow from observations on the banks of the Ohio River near Louisville. Then, the virtuosic Blue Ridge pianist Jeff Little shares his stories of growing up playing alongside… read more
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HENRY GRAY HEALTHCARE FUND
Legendary Baton Rouge blues musician Henry Gray, 94, is now in hospice care. We have featured many of his songs in shows such as “Red…
REMEMBERING COKIE ROBERTS
Cokie Roberts, a journalist and political commentator who won three Emmy Awards during a long career with NPR and ABC News, has died at 75.…
