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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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August 4th, 2021

From creation to criticism, this archive edition of American Routes explores the relationship between language and sounds, words and music. Rock and roll originator Chuck Berry, alt country traditionalist Gillian Welch, and music writer and novelist Nick Hornby give a variety of perspectives on the subject. With a mix of celebrated songwriters, storytellers, and literary heroes in American music.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry
    His Best Vol. 1, MCA
  • Write Me A Few Lines Mississippi Fred McDowell
    Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival, Rhino
  • Cold Dog Soup Guy Clark
    Cold Dog Soup, Sugar Hill
  • When I Paint My Masterpiece Emmylou Harris
    Portrait, Reprise
  • She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Sony
  • Instrumental: Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz The Black Crowes
    Amorica, American
  • Segment: Chuck Berry

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  • Cadillac Ranch Bruce Springsteen
    The River, Sony
  • Carol Rolling Stones
    England's Newest Hit Makers, ABCKO
  • Instrumental: Under My Thumb Pickin' On The Rolling Stones
    Pickin' On The Rolling Stones, CMH
  • Tongue Tied Jill Charlie Feathers
    Get With It, Revenant
  • My Mumblin' Baby Rudy Green
    The Excello Story, Vol. 2, Hip-O
  • Mumbles Clark Terry with Oscar Peterson
    Oscar Peterson Trio + One, Clark Terry, Mercury
  • History of Bop Jack Kerouac
    Readings By Jack Kerouac On the Beat Generation, Verve
  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes Original Recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Fats Waller
    The Essential Fats Waller, Sony
  • I Could Write a Book Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones
    You're Mine You, Capitol
  • It Ain't Necessarily So Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
    Cleanhead's Back In Town, Rhino
  • Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding
    The Complete Stax/Volt 1959-67, Stax
  • Moses Smote The Water Golden Gate Quartet
    Swing Down, Chariot, Sony
  • Six And Seven Books of Moses Toots and the Maytals
    Time Tough: The Anthology, Island
  • Forgive Them Father Lauryn Hill
    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Sony
  • Instrumental: The Sidewinder The Lee Morgan Quintet
    Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz, Blue Note
  • Segment: Nick Hornby

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  • The Man Who Couldn't Cry Johnny Cash
    American Recordings, American
  • Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key Billy Bragg & Wilco
    Mermaid Avenue, Elektra
  • Instrumental: Just Another Sucker On The Vine Tom Waits
    Swordfishtrombones, Island
  • Segment: Gillian Welch

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  • You Cheatin' Heart Patsy Cline
    The Patsy Cline Collection, MCA
  • The Song is Ended but the Melody Lingers On Dinah Washington
    Great American Songwriters Vol. 4: Irving Berlin, Rhino
  • End Bed: The Song is Ended Oscar Peterson
    Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Song Book, UMG

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