REMEMBERING ELLIS MARSALIS
New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis passed away at age 85 after being hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms. We’re sending all our love to the Marsalis…
American Routes is blues and jazz, gospel and soul, rockabilly and country, Cajun and swamp pop, Tejano, Latin… and beyond. Songs and stories from musicians describe a deep and diverse nation with sounds and styles shared by all Americans. From the bayous to the beltways, from crossroads to crosstown, on interstates and city streets, turn up your radio for the sonic journey!
American Routes—produced in New Orleans since 1998
Of Highways and Home: Alison Krauss and Alynda Segarra
This week on American Routes, we'll ride along with fiddler and singer Alison Krauss on her journey through bluegrass and country, from small-town Illinois all the way to Nashville. Then it's Hurray for the Riff Raff, a New Orleans folk band fronted by Alynda Segarra, whose roots are in the Bronx. Segarra tells of her… read more
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MISSISSIPPI: AN ANTHROPOCENE RIVER
Our Down by the Riverside program was supported by the German Federal Foreign Office’s initiative Wunderbar Together to celebrate German-American Friendship. The program was produced…
REMEMBERING MCCOY TYNER
Legendary jazz pianist McCoy Tyner has died. He was 81.
To find out more about his life, click here.
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