The Meters, Randy Newman, Doug Kershaw, and Tedeschi Trucks Band All LIVE – American Routes at Noon

Some great live performances in and beyond New Orleans. First, from the cavernous Howlin’ Wolf club in the Warehouse District, The Meters perform a set of their bass-heavy funk blended with R&B and Mardi Gras Indian chants.

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New Blues & Bluegrass: Cedric Burnside & ShadowGrass on American Routes – Today at Noon

Facing the hot season head on, we hit up juke joints, dancehalls and folk festivals to get our fill of hot licks from blues and bluegrass musicians, oldtimers and newcomers alike.

Read more: New Blues & Bluegrass: Cedric Burnside & ShadowGrass on American Routes – Today at Noon

Giants of Jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane on American Routes - Friday at Noon

For this special American Routes program, we follow the lives of two giants of jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.

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Stories from the Road with Brandi Carlile & Meschiya Lake – American Routes Friday at 12 pm

We hit the open road to hear tales of adventure and woe from honky-tonkers and hobos, train-hoppers and busking bohemians.

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  1. Routes Rock & Cajun Stardom: Boz Scaggs & Jimmy C. Newman – American Routes Today at Noon
  2. Record Mavens: Dan Auerbach & Joel Savoy Take On the Music Industry – American Routes Today at Noon
  3. Blue Note Records: Don Was and Michael Cuscuna on American Routes – Today at Noon
  4. Blind Boys of Alabama and Cajun Accordionist Bruce Daigrepont on American Routes – Today at 12 pm
  5. Travel to Exotic Summer Destinations on the Next American Routes – Today at Noon
  6. We Celebrate Father’s Day on American Routes – Today at Noon

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American Routes

May 07, 2021

Guilty Pleasures Deluxe on American Routes – Saturday at 2pm  

Somewhere on our journey over the past two decades at American Routes, we started talking about “guilty pleasures” shows, where old free form radio roots called for the pleasure of old favorites and new discoveries. But since we broadcast from New Orleans, we’ll drop the word guilty and roll on…
April 30, 2021

Soul Sisters on American Routes – Saturday at 2pm  

We talk to three soul singers from the formative era of the mid-1950s through Motown of the late 60s, and an all-female New Orleans brass band. Justine “Baby” Washington talks about growing up in Harlem and her hits such as “That’s How Heartaches Are Made.” Maxine Brown started as a teenager in NYC…
March 26, 2021

Sweet Inspiration: Dan Penn & Trudy Lynn on American Routes – Saturday at 2pm

Singer-Songwriter Dan Penn is the master behind so many well-loved R&B songs, from James and Bobby Purify’s “I’m Your Puppet” to Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” and Alex Chilton and the Box Tops “Cry Like a Baby,” and many more. We’ll talk with him about his prolific catalog of…

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