AMERICAN ROUTES
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.

  • Info
  • ABOUT
  • BEST OF
  • UPCOMING
  • ARCHIVE
  • SUPPORT
  • JOURNAL
  • STATIONS
  • MEDIA KIT
  • INDEX
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
BROWSE BY DATE
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998

SUPPORT GREAT STORYTELLING

We rely on your support to remain on air and online. Your contribution helps us bring you interviews with great American artists and the carefully curated music mix that you’ve enjoyed over the years.

Donate

 

AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM

JUNIOR BROWN

February 3rd, 1999

Guitar wizard Junior Brown on music and life in the South, on the highway, and on the instrument he invented: the guit-steel. Also tributes to the late Johnny Adams, Betty Carter and Hank Williams.

  • Listen to Hour One
  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Slippin & Slidin Little Richard
    The Specialty Story, Specialty
  • Slide and Dip It Beau Jocque
    Check It Out, Lock It In, Crank It Up!, Rounder
  • Cry Baby Janis Joplin
    Pearl, Columbia
  • Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb
    Retrospective Vol. 2, MCA
  • Instrumental: Underwater Chase Al Caiola
    Cocktail Capers, Capitol
  • Have You Met Miss Jones Frank Sinatra
    Swing Along With Me, Reprise
  • Have You Met Miss Jones McCoy Tyner Trio
    Reaching Fourth, Impulse
  • Me and Mrs. Jones Billy Paul
    From Philly with Love, Legacy/Epic
  • Willie and Laura Mae Jones Dusty Springfield
    Dusty in Memphis, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Junior Brown
  • Highway Patrol Junior Brown
    Junior High, Curb
  • Sugarfoot Rag Junior Brown
  • My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb Junior Brown
    12 Shades of Brown, Curb
  • Instrumental: Purple Haze Kronos Quartet
    Released 1985-1995, Nonesuch
  • Third Stone From the Sun Jimi Hendrix
    Are You Experienced?, MCA
  • I'm Movin On Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul - The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
  • Sounds (Movin' On) Betty Carter
    Betty Carter, Verve

HOUR two

  • Go Tell It On The Mountain Marcus Roberts
    The Collected Marcus Roberts, RCA
  • Life is a Struggle Johnny Adams
    Won't Cry, Rounder
  • The Real Me Johnny Adams
    Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus: The Real Me, Rounder
  • Autumn Leaves Miles Davis
    Ballads & Blues, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: La Rielera Beto Villa
    Father of Orquesta Tejana, Arhoolie
  • In Case You Return Chelo Silva
    Tejano Roots: The Women, Arhoolie
  • Tanguedia III Astor Piazzolla and The New Tango Quintet
    Tango: Zero Hour, Nonesuch
  • All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris
    Bloodshot Eyes: The Best of Wynonie Harris, Rhino
  • Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again Lyn Collins
    James Brown's Original Funky Divas, Polydor
  • Instrumental: Take Me Out To The Ballgame George Rabbai
    Soundtrack to Baseball, Elektra/Nonesuch
  • Take Me Out To the Ballgame Doc & Merle Watson
    Baseball's Greatest Hits, Rhino
  • A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request Steve Goodman
    Affordable Art, Red Pajamas
  • Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Count Basie & his Orchestra w/Taps Miller
    Baseball's Greatest Hits, Rhino
  • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Cowboy Junkies
    Trinity Sessions, RCA
  • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
    The Original Singles Collection...Plus, Polydor
  • Jambalaya The Meters
    Good Old Funky Music, Rounder
  • End Bed: The Bounce Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers
    Essential Blues Harmonica, HOB

THE LATEST STREAMS

  • June 29th, 2022

    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

    Listen
  • June 22nd, 2022

    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

    Listen
  • June 15th, 2022

    SOUNDS OF FREEDOM: FONTELLA BASS AND FREDDIE HUBBARD

    Listen
A|R

  • Donate
A|R AMERICAN ROUTES
  • ABOUT
  • BEST OF
  • ARCHIVE
  • UPCOMING
  • SUPPORT US
  • JOURNAL
  • STATIONS
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
  • Tulane University
  • NEA
  • PRX