July 16th, 2008 • SEGMENT

From The Show: Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

Creole jazz banjo man and guitar player, Don Vappie, is a New Orleans native with a musical family lineage. Vappie came of age playing electric bass in a disco band before switching gears to learn banjo and traditional jazz. Taking his cues from Danny Barker, King Oliver and others, Vappie talks about his views on traditional jazz and demos various styles.

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December 28th, 2011 • FULL SHOW • read more

American Routes Live on New Year's

Ring in the new year with some of our favorite live music. We'll have a set from New Orleans' trumpet player, Kermit Ruffins with an all-star Crescent City band featuring vocalist Thais Clark. Lafayette, Louisiana's Pine Leaf Boys bring rock and roll energy to their own version of traditional Cajun music. Step into a holiday soiree of reels, jigs and waltzes by French fiddlers in Westbrook, Maine. And pull up a set for a club set from singer and banjo player Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders. It's a festive set of live music that will keep you swinging well into 2012.

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December 31st, 2008 • FULL SHOW • read more

American Routes Live on New Year's

Ring in the new year with some of our favorite live music. We'll have a set from New Orleans' trumpet player, Kermit Ruffins with an all-star Crescent City band featuring vocalist Thais Clark. Lafayette, Louisiana's Pine Leaf Boys bring rock and roll energy to their own version of traditional Cajun music. Step into a holiday soiree of reels, jigs and waltzes by French fiddlers in Westbrook, Maine. And pull up a set for a club set from singer and banjo player Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders. It's a festive set of live music that will keep you swinging well into 2009.

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July 16th, 2008 • FULL SHOW • read more

Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

From the earliest blues and minstrel tunes to clawhammer bluegrass and forward to newgrass, the banjo has been a part of American music. This week we visit with New Orleans Creole jazzman Don Vappie and hear how the instrument is used in New Orleans traditional jazz. And feel the zeitgeist as San Diego-based Nickel Creek come by for a live set and talk about building onto their bluegrass base and moving beyond.

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December 26th, 2007 • FULL SHOW • read more

American Routes Live on New Year's

Ring in the new year with some of our favorite live music from 2007. We'll have a set from New Orleans' trumpet player Kermit Ruffins, joined by an all-star Crescent City band featuring vocalist Thais Clark. Lafayette, Louisiana's Pine Leaf Boys bring rock and roll energy to their own version of traditional Cajun music. Step into a holiday soiree of reels, jigs and waltzes by French fiddlers in Westbrook, Maine. And pull up a seat for a club set from singer and banjo player Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders. It's a festive set of live music that will keep you swinging well into 2008.

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April 11th, 2007 • FULL SHOW • read more

Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

From the earliest blues and minstrel tunes to clawhammer bluegrass and forward to newgrass, the banjo has been a part of American music. This week we visit with New Orleans Creole jazzman Don Vappie and hear how the instrument is used in New Orleans traditional jazz. And feel the zeitgeist as San Diego-based Nickel Creek come by for a live set and talk about building onto their bluegrass base and moving beyond.

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August 2nd, 2006 • FULL SHOW • read more

Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

From the earliest blues and minstrel tunes to clawhammer bluegrass and forward to newgrass, the banjo has been a part of American music. This week we visit with New Orleans Creole jazzman Don Vappie and hear how the instrument is used in New Orleans traditional jazz. And feel the zeitgeist as San Diego-based Nickel Creek come by for a live set and talk about building onto their bluegrass base and moving beyond.

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April 3rd, 2013 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Festival Time in Lafayette, LA

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April 3rd, 2013 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Festival Time in Lafayette, LA

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December 19th, 2012 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Red, Green & Blue Xmas

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October 17th, 2012 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Dr. Lonnie Smith & Terrance Simien: Keys and Squeeze

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October 3rd, 2012 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

How to Improvise: Bela Fleck and Jason Marsalis

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October 3rd, 2012 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

How to Improvise: Bela Fleck and Jason Marsalis

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April 4th, 2012 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Festival Time in Lafayette, LA

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 28th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 21st, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Red, Green & Blue Xmas

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December 7th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

How to Improvise: Bela Fleck & Jason Marsalis

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December 7th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

How to Improvise: Bela Fleck & Jason Marsalis

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October 12th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Dr. Lonnie Smith & Terrance Simien: Keys and Squeeze

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August 31st, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Festival Time in Lafayette, LA

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August 31st, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Festival Time in Lafayette, LA

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April 20th, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Easter with Donald Harrison, Jr. and the Holmes Brothers

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February 2nd, 2011 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Dr. Lonnie Smith & Terrance Simien: Keys and Squeeze

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December 22nd, 2010 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Xmas with Diana Krall and the Heath Brothers

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August 18th, 2010 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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August 18th, 2010 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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August 18th, 2010 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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September 16th, 2009 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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September 16th, 2009 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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September 16th, 2009 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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April 8th, 2009 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Easter with Donald Harrison, Jr. and the Holmes Brothers

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • INTERVIEW:

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 31st, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 17th, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Xmas with Diana Krall and the Heath Brothers

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December 10th, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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December 10th, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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December 10th, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Bustin' Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard

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August 20th, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

After the Storm X: Dog Days of August

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July 16th, 2008 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

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November 4th, 1998 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Allen Toussaint

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April 29th, 1998 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Jazz Fest with Allen Toussaint

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September 11th, 2002 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Arabs and Jews in Jazz and Blues -- and beyond

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February 6th, 2002 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Carnival Knowledge 2002: Mardi Gras Masks, Music and Mischief

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December 17th, 2003 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Christmas

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October 8th, 2003 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Blues Routes II

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September 10th, 2003 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Arabs and Jews in Jazz & Blues and Beyond

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December 22nd, 2004 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Christmas

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November 17th, 2004 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Blues Routes II

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September 8th, 2004 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Arabs and Jews in Jazz & Blues and Beyond

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December 21st, 2005 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

After the Storm VI: Christmas in New Orleans

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November 2nd, 2005 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

After the Storm III: We Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans

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February 2nd, 2005 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Carnival Knowledge: Mardi Gras Masks, Music and Mischief

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December 20th, 2006 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

After the Storm VI: Christmas in New Orleans

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August 2nd, 2006 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

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April 26th, 2006 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Jazz Fest with Randy Newman and Geno Delafose

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April 26th, 2006 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Jazz Fest with Randy Newman and Geno Delafose

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February 1st, 2006 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Blues Routes II

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • INTERVIEW:

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 26th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

American Routes Live on New Year's

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December 19th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Xmas with Diana Krall and the Heath Brothers

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April 11th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Banjos Lost and Found: Don Vappie & Nickel Creek

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April 4th, 2007 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Easter with Donald Harrison, Jr. and Holmes Brothers

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