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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
WINTER
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.
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
