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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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SAINTS & SPIRITS

October 24th, 2012

Explore the spiritual realm of New Orleans and South Louisiana through words and music on this weekend of All Souls’ and All Saints’. Our very own, Ninth-ward, R&B buddha, Fats Domino, drops by and unveils his personal spirituality. Visit the tomb of Voodoo queen Marie Laveau with author, anthropologist and believer Martha Ward. Plus, Creole artist, musician and traiteur Dennis Paul Williams discusses the mystical power of the zydeco and his own healing practices. And Meter man Charles Neville runs the old-school, uptown Voodoo down.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: VooDoo The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Louisiana Blues Muddy Waters
    His Best 1947 to 1955, MCA/ Chess
  • Run the VooDoo Down Cassandra Wilson
    Traveling Miles, Blue Note
  • CLIP: Charles Neville
  • VooDoo The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • SEGMENT: Sandra Blenden and Felix Figueroa of F&F Botanica and Candle shop

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  • CLIP: Dr. John
  • I Been Hoodood Dr. John
    In the Right Place, ATCO
  • Plantation Inn The Mar-Keys
    Mojo Southern Soul, Mojo
  • Mojo Queen Ike & Tina Turner
    Mojo Southern Soul, Mojo
  • The Seventh Son Mose Allison
    Greatest Hits, Prestige
  • Hoodoo Lady Memphis Minnie
    Hoodoo Lady 1933-1937, Columbia/ Legacy
  • You Gotta Move The Rolling Stones
    Sticky Fingers, Virgin
  • Instrumental: Voodoo Irvin Mayfield
    Live performance,
  • Marie LaVeau Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
    Marie LaVeau, GHB
  • SEGMENT: Martha Ward

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  • Algiers Hoodoo Woman Dr. Michael White
    Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Trouble Blues Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • When the Saints Go Marching In Mahalia Jackson
    Gospel, Spirituals & Hymns, Vol.2, Sony
  • Indian Blues Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • When I See You Olu Dara and the Natchezippi Band featuring Donald Harrison Jr
    Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, Vanguard
  • Clips from short film Good For What Ails You
  • SEGMENT: Dennis Paul Williams

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  • Flammes de Enfer Lawtell Playboys
    Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Amazing Grace Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Funeral for a Friend, Ropeadope
  • Over in Gloryland Glen Andrews & the Lazy Six
    New Orleans Brass, Putomayo
  • CLIP: Tee Eva
  • Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    The Original Soul Sister, Proper
  • I'll Fly Away Jerry Lee Lewis
    Good Old Country Gospel, UMG
  • Instrumental: I'll Fly Away New Birth Brass Band
    New Orleans Second Line, Mardi Gras
  • Valley of Tears Robert Plant and the Soweto Gospel Choir
    Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, Vanguard
  • Valley of Tears Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • SEGMENT: Fats Domino

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  • When the Saints Go Marching In Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Theresa Andersson
    Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, Vanguard
  • End Bed: Dancing in the Sky (Transition) Dr. Michael White
    Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street

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

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    SOUNDS OF FREEDOM: FONTELLA BASS AND FREDDIE HUBBARD

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