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NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS 2020
American Routes celebrates this Memorial Day weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This past year’s Fellows include soul singer and songwriter William Bell, Armenian folk and liturgical singer Onnik Dinkjian, West African diasporic dancers Zakarya and Naomi Diouf, Iroquois raised beadworker Karen Ann Hoffman, traditional religious dancers Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de Ladrillera, founder of Radio Bilingue, Hugo Morales, old-time fiddler and banjo player John Morris, Anishinaabe birchbark canoe builder Wayne Valliere and Nueva Cancion singer and songwriter Suni Paz. Plus Fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Ralph Stanley, Michael Doucet, Wanda Jackson, Doc Watson, Carol Fran, Flaco Jimenez, Andy Statman and Dr. Michael White.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Stealing Time Eddie Pennington
Walks the Strings... and Even Sings, Folkways - I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino - Better Day Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Folkways - Worried Blues Doc Watson
Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection, Sugar Hill - Clip: Ralph Stanley
Listen - Rank Stranger Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Classic Bluegrass, Rebel - Parlez-Nous à Boire (Speak to Us of Drinking) Beausoleil
Parlez-Nous à Boire & More, Arhoolie - Bosco Stomp Boozoo Chavis
Hey Do Right, New West - Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
Railroad Bill, Cello - Segment: William Bell
Listen - Hard Headed Woman Wanda Jackson
Vintage Collection, Capitol - Everyday Is Not the Same Carol Fran
Live at the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship Concert, - Instrumental: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs, Verve - Segment: Karen Ann Hoffman
Listen - Segment: Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de la Ladrillera
Listen - Segment: Onnik Dinkjian
Listen - End Bed: A Brighter Day Andy Statman
Old Brooklyn, Shefa
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Balaju Los Pregoneros del Puerto
Music of Veracruz—Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder - Segment: Suni Paz
Listen - Segment: Wayne Valliere
Listen - Instrumental: Wapaha Olowan - Flag Song Kevin Locke
The First Flute, Makoché Music/BMI - Clip: Elaine Hoffman Watts
Listen - Shtetl las Elaine Hoffman Watts
I Remember Klezmer, Self-published - Love's Gonna Live Here Again Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
All American Country Flavored Polkas, Bel-Aire - El Cihualteco Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Canciones De Siempre, Peer Music - Segment: Hugo Morales
Listen - Segment: John Morris
Listen - Instrumental: Nui Papa Ledward Kaapana
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Dancing Cat - Segment: Dr. Zakarya and Naomi Diouf
Listen - Clip: Dr. Michael White
Listen - Shake It and Break It (The Weary Blues) Dr. Michael White
Crescent City Serenade, Antilles - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker
Serves You Right to Suffer, MCA - This Land is Your Land Flaco Jimenez, the Paschall Brothers & Andy Statman
Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert, - End Bed: Jam Session from the Stage
Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
