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Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows May 25th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows

Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.

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MOTOR CITY OF MUSIC

January 15th, 2014

American Routes cruises the musical map of Detroit, catching the sights and sounds of the Motor City. From Hamtramck to Dearborn, we’ll meet the proud people who made the cars and played the bars. Jazz modernist Yusef Lateef tells of his time on the assembly line. Smokey Robinson talks about growing up with Motown’s future stars. We’ll learn how to construct a hit record from Motown studio insiders, then visit a raccoon hunters club, known for bluegrass jams. Plus rockabilly stars, dream cars and polka bands… all from Detroit.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: The Huckle-Buck Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers
    The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues, Rhino
  • Motoring Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
    The Best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas: Motown Milestones, Motown
  • Andre Williams is Moving Andre Williams
    Mr. Rhythm, Regency
  • SEGMENT: The Woodward Dream Cruise

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  • Rocket 69 Todd Rhodes and Orchestra
    Risque Rhythm: Nasty '50s R&B, Rhino
  • Henry Ford Invents Detroit Stan Freberg
    Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998, Rhino
  • I'm Wild About Horns on Automobiles Fred Hall and His Sugar Babies
    Fred Hall and His Sugar Babies, The Old Masters
  • SEGMENT: The Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum

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  • Instrumental: Ahunk Ahunk Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
    Blue Big Bands: A Swingin' Affair, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Smokey Robinson

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  • My Guy Mary Wells
    Motown Legends: You Beat Me To the Punch / My Guy, ESX
  • SEGMENT: Tony Newton and McKinley Jackson

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  • Instrumental: Radio Gang Serenade Radio Gang
    Radio Gang and Friends, Cady Did
  • Detroit City (I Want to Go Home) John Doe and the Sadies
    Country Club, Yep Roc
  • Greene County, Arkansas The Old South
    Greene County Arkansas, Old Homestead
  • SEGMENT: The Wayne County Raccoon Hunters Club

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  • One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash, Columbia/ Legacy
  • End Bed: Turn It On Sonny Stitt
    Legends of Acid Jazz, Prestige

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Detroit Blues Willie Williams
    Pepper's Jukebox, Numero
  • SEGMENT: Hamtramck Festival and Big Daddy Lackowski

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  • SEGMENT: Johnny Powers

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  • Little Latin Lupe Lu Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
    Rev Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Rhino
  • 96 Tears Question Mark and the Mysterians
    More Action, Cavestomp!
  • Instrumental: DB Blues Kenny Burrell
    Introducing Kenny Burrell, Blue Note
  • I Love the Way You Look Johnnie Bassett
    The Gentleman is Back, Sly Dog
  • Bags' Groove Milt Jackson
    The Blue Note Years, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Yusef Lateef

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  • Instrumental: Down to the River James Carter
    In Carterian Fashion, Atlantic
  • Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker
    Hooker, Shout! Factory
  • Motor City is Burning MC5
    Thunder Express, Jungle
  • SEGMENT: Red's Jazz Shoe Shine Parlor

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  • How I Got Over Aretha Franklin
    Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Rhino
  • Remarks by Reverend CL Franklin
    Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Rhino
  • Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
    Spirit in the Dark, Rhino
  • End Bed: Jewell Praise Calvin Cooke
    Heaven, Dare

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