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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

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