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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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AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE!: MUSICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF THE GULF SOUTH

December 30th, 2015

American Routes celebrates music and musicians from New Orleans, Mississippi and French Louisiana. Recorded live at New Orleans’ venerable (1906) Civic Theatre, the show features New Orleans clarinetist Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band with the definitive Creole music born in the Crescent City: traditional jazz. White is joined by fellow NEA Heritage recipient, Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet and the influential band of the French Louisiana cultural revival BeauSoleil (‘good sunshine’). The downhome blues of guitarist and wordslinger Little Freddie King of McComb, Mississippi kicks off the show and the spirit-filled gospel of Electrifying Crown Seekers from New Orleans’ West Bank take us home. Our special guest is beloved jazz vocalist Topsy Chapman, also famed locally as the first black cocktail waitress on Bourbon Street in the 1960s.

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Tom McDermott
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Chicken Dance Little Freddie King
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Little Freddie King on-stage interview
  • I Used to Be Down Little Freddie King
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Instrumental: Just a Little While to Stay Here Tom McDermott
    New Orleans Duets, Rabadash
  • first tune Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Zydeco Gris-Gris BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Lula, Don't You Go to Bingo BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • La Douceur BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Instrumental: 2 Step BeauSoleil
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Michael and David Doucet on-stage interview
  • Carencro BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Bamako BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet and Dr. Michael White
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • End Bed: The Broken Windmill Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher
    Danza, STR Digital

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Tom McDermott
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • (Drop Your Net and) Follow Me Electrifying Crown Seekers
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Electrifying Crown Seekers on-stage interview
  • See What the End's Gonna Be Electrifying Crown Seekers
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Dr. Michael White on-stage interview
  • Panama Dr. Michael White & Original Liberty Jazz Band
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Instrumental: Valse #4 Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher
    Danza, STR Digital
  • Sunday Morning Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band with Topsy Chapman
    Recorded Live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Topsy Chapman on-stage interview
  • It's a Highway to Heaven Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band with Topsy Chapman
    Recorded live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Instrumental: Magyar Sisters Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher
    Danza, STR Digital
  • Summertime Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band
    Recorded live at the Civic Theatre,
  • Down By the Riverside Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band, Topsy Chapman, David and Michael Doucet, Electrifying Crown Seekers
    Recorded live at the Civic Theatre,
  • End Bed: Swipesy, Cakewalk for Piano Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher
    Danza, STR Digital

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