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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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LEAP DAY: FORGOTTEN TREASURES

February 26th, 2020

It’s a rare Leap Year show with Guilty Pleasures and Forgotten Treasures. As the 29th of February rolls around we take stock of our circles round the sun… just for cosmic fun. With fellow travelers: The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Snow Tunnel Sarah and Sean Watkins
    Brother Sister, Family Hour
  • Circle Game Tom Rush
    The Circle Game, Elektra
  • Wintertime Norah Jones
    Begin Again, Blue Note
  • Cold Cold Heart Aretha Franklin
    Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, Columbia
  • Stealin' Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
    Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc
  • Bertha Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead Live at Filmore East, Warner Brothers
  • Instrumental: Grand Junction Poco
    Pickin' Up the Pieces, Epic
  • One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash
    One Piece at a Time, Columbia
  • Rocket 69 Connie Allen and Todd Rhodes
    Risque Blues, King
  • Sally Go Round the Roses The Jaynetts
    Sally Go Round the Roses, Tuff
  • Be Honest with Me Esther Phillips
    The Country Side of Esther Phillips, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: St. James Infirmary Les McCann
    McCanna, Blue Note
  • Small Town Talk Bobby Charles
    Bobby Charles, Bearsville Records
  • Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
    Dock of the Bay, Volt/Atco
  • That Lucky Old Sun Big Mama Thornton
    Stronger Than Dirt, Mercury
  • Before the Next Teardrop Falls Dolly Parton and David Hildalgo
    Treasures, Mercury
  • Winterlude Joe Ely
    To: Kate: A Benefit for Kate's Sake, Western Beat Records
  • Closing Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
    Under the Jasmin Tree/Space, Apple Corps Ltd.

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Space is the Place Sun Ra
    Space is the Place, Evidence Records
  • Jumpin' with Symphony Sid King Pleasure
    King Pleasure Signs/Annie Ross Sings, Fantasy
  • Sadie Hawkins Doomtree
    Doomtree, Doomtree Records
  • Toe-Tappin' Johnny Griffin
    Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party, Riverside
  • Instrumental: Little Sunflower Dorothy Ashby
    Afro-Harping, Verve
  • Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Gerry and the Pacemakers
    The Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Main
  • Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five
    Jack, You're Dead: The Essential Blue Archive, BMG
  • California Dreamin' Bobby Womack
    Fly Me to the Moon, Minit
  • Third Stone from the Sun The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Jimi Hendrix Experience, WEA
  • Two Trains Running Marquis Knox
    Here I Am, APO Records
  • Instrumental: Flying The Beatles
    Magical Mystery Tour, Capitol
  • Lafayette Watkins Family Hour
    Brother Sister, Family Hour Records
  • I'll Follow the Sun The Beatles
    Beatles for Sale, Parlophone
  • White Bird It's a Beautiful Day
    It's a Beautiful Day, CBS
  • I Knew I Could Fly Our Native Daughters
    Songs of Our Native Daughters, Smithsonian Folkways
  • I'll Fly Away Johnny Cash
    My Mother's Hymnbook, American Recordings
  • Closing Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White
    Crescent City Serenade, Antilles

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