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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.

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ST. PATRICK IN AMERICA

March 15th, 2006

At last some good luck with the Irish! For St. Patrick’s Day we’ll explore Celtic influences in American music and vice-versa. With music from Bing Crosby, Rufus Harley, Natalie MacMaster, Van Morrison and Louis Armstrong. Fiona Ritchie of Thistle & Shamrock makes a cameo appearance as do Tiny Grimes and the Rockin’ Highlanders.

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HOUR ONE

  • The Cat Rambles to the Child's Saucepan Cherish the Ladies
    One and All: The Best of Cherish the Ladies, Green Linnet
  • If It Weren't for the Irish Frank Parker
    Kiss Me I'm Irish, Columbia
  • I'm Leaving Tipperary Pat White
    The Wheels of the World Vol. 1, Yazoo
  • Irish Black Bottom Louis Armstrong
    The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens Vol. 2, Columbia
  • Beaton's Delight Ashley MacIsaac
    Hi How Are You Today?, A & M
  • Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys
    Good Will Hunting Soundtrack, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Chanty Son Volt
    Wide Swing Tremolo, Warner Brothers
  • Pretty Little Girl With A Blue Dress On Emma Shelton
    Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts
  • Handsome Molly Mick Jagger
    Wandering Spirit, Atlantic
  • When Irish Girls Grow Up Tom Russell w/Iris Dement and Dolores Keane
    The Man From God Knows Where, Hightone
  • At Home With the Exiles Ed Miller
    Border Background, Folk-Legacy
  • Instrumental: Jabadaw The Chieftains
    The Essential, RCA/Legacy
  • Growling Old Man Frank Catchaway
    Old Native and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba, Vol. 2, Falcon
  • Jig Français Beausoleil
    Parlez-Nous A Boire & More, Arhoolie
  • Danny Boy Al Hirt
    The Danny Boy Album, RCA Victor
  • My Wild Irish Rose The Jones Brothers
    Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon, Whiskey, Women and…
  • There Were Roses Tommy Sands
    recorded live for Folk Masters,
  • A Stor Mo Chroi Bonnie Raitt w/The Chieftains
    Tears of Stone, RCA Victor

HOUR two

  • The Ballinakill Hornpipe/The Bridge Hornpipe Sean McGlynn & Mick Moloney
    Celtic Winds, Easydisc/Rounder
  • St. Patrick's Parade Bing Crosby
    Top O' The Morning: His Irish Collection, MCA/Decca
  • Loch Lomand Tiny Grimes and Rockin' Highlanders
    The complete 1950-1954, Vol. 3, Blue Moon
  • Whiskey Before Breakfast John Owen Lardinois
    Lewis & Clark: Sounds of Discovery, Chairmaker's Rush
  • The Night Pat Murphy Died The Flanagan Brothers
    The Wheels of the World Vol. 2, Shanachie
  • I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham Earl Johnson & his Clodhoppers
    Old-Time Fiddle Classics, County
  • Whiskey in the Jar Hazeldine
    Orphans, E-Squared
  • Instrumental: The Bank of Ireland Michael Grogan
    From Galway to Dublin: Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Music, Rounder
  • Rye Whiskey Woody Guthrie
    Library of Congress Recordings, Rounder
  • Pastures of Plenty Solas
    Live: Limited Edition Radio Sampler, Shanachie
  • Jesus Christ U2
    Folkways: A Vision Shared, Folkways
  • Mon vieux est jaloux Madame Bolduc
    Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts
  • Diddlage Audrey Saint-Coeur
    Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts
  • Dang Me Roger Miller
    The Hits, Mercury
  • The Boys of Bluehill Seamus Ennis
    The Gentlemen Pipers, Globestyle
  • Bagpipe Blues Rufus Harley
    Atlantic Jazz: Best of the '60s, Vol. 2, Atlantic
  • Four Leaf Clover ReBirth Brass Band
    Do Whatcha Wanna, Mardi Gras
  • Instrumental: Rusty Nails Kila
    Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey, Putumayo
  • Ricketts Hornpipe Benton Flippen
    Old Time New Times, Rounder
  • The Drunken Piper set Natalie MacMaster
    No Boundaries, WEA
  • Star of County Down Van Morrison and Chieftains
    Irish Heartbeat, Polydor
  • Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
    The Best of Van Morrison, Polydor
  • Dan Hugh and Dan Rory Dave MacIsaac
    Nimble Fingers, Pickin' Productions

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