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Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté May 18th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & 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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OF HIGHWAYS AND HOME: ALISON KRAUSS AND ALYNDA SEGARRA

August 23rd, 2017

This week on American Routes, we’ll ride along with fiddler and singer Alison Krauss on her journey through bluegrass and country, from small-town Illinois all the way to Nashville. Then it’s Hurray for the Riff Raff, a New Orleans folk band fronted by Alynda Segarra, whose roots are in the Bronx. Segarra tells of her own time traveling as a teenager and what has inspired her to reconnect with her Puerto Rican heritage. En route we’ll hear tunes from Chuck Berry, Bob Wills, Nina Simone and Tom Waits.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Dusty Miller Alison Krauss
    Two Highways, Rounder
  • Nashville Cats The Lovin' Spoonful
    Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, Kama Sutra
  • Milwaukee Here I Come John Prine and Melba Montgomery
    In Spite of Ourselves, Oh Boy Records
  • What Made Milwaukee Famous (Made a Loser Out of Me) Jerry Lee Lewis
    Another Place-- Another Time, Smash
  • Hey Bartender Floyd Dixon
    Marshall Texas is My Home, Specialty
  • One Mint Julep The Clovers
    Down In The Alley- The Best of the Clovers, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Beaumont Rag Alison Krauss and Union Station
    Two Highways, Rounder
  • Soppin' the Gravy Alison Krauss
    Masters of the Folk Violin Tour 1989 Youtube,
  • Poison Love Alison Krauss
    Windy City, Capitol Records
  • SEGMENT: Alison Krauss

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  • Instrumental: Little Liza Jane Alison Krauss and Union Station
    So Long So Wrong, Rounder
  • Lil' Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins
    Big Butter and Egg Man, Justice Records
  • Boogie Woogie Country Girl Sleepy LaBeef
    The Human Jukebox, Sun
  • Ida Red Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    San Antonio Rose, Bear Family
  • Maybellene Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry Is On Top, Chess
  • Handsome Molly Mick Jagger
    Wandering Spirit, Atlantic
  • Omie Wise Doug Wallin
    Family Songs & Stories from the North Carolina Mountains by Doug & Jack Wallin, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Lint Head Gal Phoebe Hunt and the Gatherers
    Shanti's Shadow, Folk Alley
  • Closing Bed: Lil' Liza Jane Ramsey Lewis
    Ramsey Lewis: Finest Hour, Verve

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Delta Momma Blues Hurray for the Riff Raff
    My Dearest Darkest Neighbor, This is American Music
  • Big Road Blues Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
  • My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone
    Little Girl Blue, Bethlehem
  • I'm a Woman Peggy Lee
    The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol
  • I'm a Woman Jim Kweskin Jug Band w/ Maria Muldaur
    Jug Band Music, Vanguard
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Hurray for the Riff Raff
    Small Town Heroes, ATO
  • Instrumental: Esperame En El Porton Los Reyes De La Plena
    Lamento Borincano, Arhoolie
  • SEGMENT: Alynda Segarra

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  • Instrumental: Goodnight Irene Bill Frisell
    The Willies, Nonesuch
  • Mambo Tipico Tito Puente
    The Golden Age of Cuban Music 1940-1960, Retro
  • Spanish Harlem Ben E. King
    Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed
    Walk on Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed, RCA
  • Mean Ol World Sam Cooke
    Night Beat, RCA
  • Virginia Ave Tom Waits
    Closing Time, Elektra
  • Closing Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
    American Routes Live Recording,

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