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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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AUSTIN

July 18th, 2001

We’ll visit one of the great American cities of music, Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World.” We’ll hear Western swing, Tejano tunes, and talk with local singer-songwriters Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely.

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HOUR ONE

  • Miles & Miles of Texas Asleep at the Wheel
    Wheelin' & Dealin', Capitol
  • I Love My Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
    The Best Of, MCA
  • Rock and Roll Baby Bill Neely
    recorded at KUT Austin,
  • Aint it Hard Mance Lipscomb
    Texas Blues Guitar, Arhoolie
  • I've Got Bad News Baby (Erbie's Blow Top Blues) TD Bell & Erbie Bowser
    It's About Time, Spindletop
  • Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Texas Flood, Sony
  • Instrumental: He'll Have To Go Ry Cooder
    Chicken Skin Music, Warner Bros
  • Si Acaso Vuelves (In Case You Return) Chelo Silva
    Tejano Roots: The Women, Arhoolie
  • Paloma Chicana Conjunto Atzlan
    Atzlan, Conjunto Atzlan
  • INTERVIEW: Joe Ely

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  • Instrumental: Street Scene In A Frontier Town Bill Frisell
    Have A Little Faith, Elektra
  • Blue Monday Fats Domino
    The Best of Austin City Limits, Sony
  • That's Enough of That Stuff Marcia Ball
    Hot Tamale Baby, Rounder
  • Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings
    Honky Tonk Heroes, Buddha

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Armadillo Stomp Commander Cody
    Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas, MCA
  • Stay All Night Willie Nelson
    Revolutions in Time… The Journey, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Willie Nelson
  • Shiner Song (Farewell to Prague) Adolf Hofner
    The Texas-Czech, Bohemian, & Moravian Bands, Arhoolie
  • Shave ‘em Dry Asylum Street Spankers
    Spanks for the Memories, Watermelon
  • Done What the Doctor Could Not Do Bells of Joy
    Second Time Around, Dialtone
  • I'm Tore Down Freddie King
    Hide Away, Rhino
  • She's About a Move Sir Douglas Quintet
    The Prime Of, Music Club
  • Instrumental: All You Know Acetone
    Acetone, Vapor
  • Weather Report The American Analog Set
    The Golden Band, EJ28CD
  • Words of Love Buddy Holly
    The Buddy Holly Collection, MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
  • Instrumental: Tickle Toe Lee Konitz
    The Lee Konitz Duets, Milestone
  • Broad Way Blues Ornette Coleman and Dewey Redman
    The Best Of Ornette Coleman, Blue Note
  • Driftin' Blues Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
    Cocktail Combos, Capitol
  • Ballad of Spider John Willis Alan Ramsey
    Willis Alan Ramsey, Koch
  • Bye, Bye Baby Janis Joplin
    18 Essential Songs,

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