AMERICAN ROUTES
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce December 4th, 2019 (Hour 1)
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

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WINTER

January 19th, 2000

We’re walking in a winter wonderland and coming in from the cold with nouveau old-time singer/songwriter Gillian Welch and her musical partner David Rawlings. Also, music to warm the frigid air from Bob Marley, Simon & Garfunkel and monster blues guitarist Albert Collins. We provide professional help in calling Maine moose.

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HOUR ONE

  • A Hazy Shade of Winter Simon & Garfunkel
    Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy
  • Slippin and a Slidin Buddy Holly
    A Rock & Roll Collection, Decca
  • Cold, Cold Heart Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington, Verve
  • Snowed In Albert Collins
    Frostbite, Alligator
  • Instrumental: All Smiles Tonight The Norskedalen Trio
    Deep Polka, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Red-Headed Swede The Skål Club Spelmanslag
    The Mississippi River of Song, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Pauline (Pa Janvier) Beausoleil
    Michael Doucet Dit Beausoleil, Swallow
  • Listen, The Snow Is Falling Galaxie 500
    The Portable Galaxie 500, Ryko
  • Instrumental: Feelin' Bad Blues Ry Cooder
    Music By Ry Cooder, Warner Brothers
  • INTERVIEW: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  • Winter's Come and Gone Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    live,
  • Gold Watch & Chain Ralph Stanley & Gillian Welch
    Clinch Mountain Country, Rebel
  • My Morphine Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    live,
  • Snowball Louis Armstrong
    The Complete RCA Victor Recordings,
  • Blackberry Winter Keith Jarrett
    Keith Jarrett, GRP
  • California Dreaming Bobby Womack
    Why Do Fools Fall In Love Soundtrack, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Long Shadows Meredith Monk
    Facing North, ECM
  • Rain & Snow Pentangle
    A Maid That's Deep In Love, Shanachie
  • Footprints in the Snow Bill Monroe
    The Early Years, Vanguard
  • The Snow is Falling Ray Charles
    The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn
  • Storm Windows John Prine
    Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, Rhino
  • Cold Brains Beck
    Mutations, DGC
  • Coming In From the Cold Bob Marley
    Uprising, Tuff Gong
  • Instrumental: Revelation Dub Lee Perry & the Upsetters
    Arkology, Island
  • Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Blind Willie Johnson
    The Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Columbia/Legacy
  • Keep your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Hot Tuna
    First Pull Up Then Pull Down, RCA
  • SEGMENT: Moose calling from Greenville, Maine
  • Abominable Snowman INTERVIEW: Stan Freberg
    The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows, Capitol
  • Abominable Snowman in the Market Jonathan Richman
    The Best of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Rhino
  • Instrumental: River Kwai March Malcolm Arnold
    The Bridge on the River Kwai, Legacy/Columbia
  • Eigth of January Tony Rice
    Tony Rice, Rounder
  • Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton
    Greatest Hits, Columbia
  • In the Tradition Jason Marsalis
    The Year of the Drummer, Basin St.
  • Hu-Ta-Nay Donald Harrison Jr.
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • Walkin' Home Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid

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