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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now June 29th, 2022 (Hour 1)
May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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WINTER HOLIDAY: SOLSTICE, HANUKKAH, XMAS & KWANZAA

December 18th, 2019

It’s that time of year, when the days are shorter and the nights are colder. Warm up to our sounds for the season. Classic songs to celebrate the winter holidays plus a visit to South Louisiana’s Christmas Eve bonfires lighting the way for Papa Noel along the Mississippi River.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Jingle Bells John Fahey
    The Christmas Album John Fahey , Burnside
  • Urge For Going Joni Mitchell
    Joni Mitchell Hits , Reprise
  • Winter Snow JJ Cale
    Stay Around , Because Music
  • Two Winters Long Irma Thomas
    Straight from the Soul , EMI
  • Cold Cold Winter Johnny Copeland
    Catch Up with the Blues , Verve
  • Instrumental: Cold Winter Blues Shirley Scott
    On A Clear Day , Impulse
  • Snowy Morning Blues James P. Johnson
    Black Legends of Jazz , MCA
  • Winter Time Blues Big Maceo
    Victor/Bluebird Recordings 1945-1947 , Bluebird
  • Cold Winter Blues James Kokomo Arnold
    Kokomo Arnold: His 20 Greatest Songs , Wolf
  • Dark Scenes of Winter Texas Gladden
    Portraits: Texas Gladden: Ballad Legacy , Rounder
  • Rain and Snow Del McCoury
    35 Years of the Best of Bluegrass , Rebel
  • Cold Rain and Snow Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead , Warner Brothers
  • Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan
    The Freewheeling Bob Dylan , Columbia
  • Angels in the Snow Judy Collins
    Winter Stories , Wildflower Records
  • Instrumental: Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons
    The Complete Reprise Sessions , Warner
  • Each Season Changes You The Osborne Brothers
    The Complete Osborne Brothers Collection , CMH
  • Chilly Winds Tommy Jarrell
    Pickin on Tommy’s Porch , County
  • It's Christmas Time in Louisiana Johnnie Allen
    Merry Cajun Christmas , Swallow
  • Segment: Xmas Bonfires

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  • Closing Bed: Jingle Bells Booker T & the MGs
    In the Christmas Spirit , Rhino Atlantic

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: On the Kings Highway Andy Statman
    Old Brooklyn , Shefa Records
  • Chanukah Prayer Carole King
    A Holiday Carole , Rockingale Records
  • Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday Carole King
    A Holiday Carole , Rockingale Records
  • Please Come Home for Christmas Charles Brown
    Please Come Home for Christmas , King
  • Santa's Second Line New Birth Brass
    A New Orleans Christmas , NYNO Records
  • Santa Claus is Coming to Town Bruce Springsteen
    In Harmony 2 , Columbia
  • Instrumental: God Rest Ye Merry Gents Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
    It’s a Holiday Soul Party , Daptone Records
  • Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
    The Essential Eartha Kitt , RCA
  • Merry Christmas Baby Chuck Berry
    St. Louis to Liverpool , Chess
  • Pretty Paper Willie Nelson
    Willie Nelson: The Demos Project, Vol. 2 , Sony
  • White Christmas Otis Redding
    Otis Redding--King of Soul , Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Silver Bells Booker T & the MGs
    Soul Christmas , Stax
  • River Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae
    River--The Joni Letters , Verve
  • Greensleeves John Coltrane Quartet
    Ballads--The John Coltrane Quartet , Impulse
  • Last Month of the Year Fairfield Four
    The Fairfield Four: Standing in the Safety Zone, Warner
  • Father Christmas Lord Invader
    West Indian Folksongs for Children , Folkways
  • O Day The Georgia Sea Island Singers
    Join the Band , Mississippi Records
  • Closing Bed: My Favorite Things John Coltrane
    My Favorite Things , Atlantic

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