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Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson August 3rd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson

It’s a Caribbean sonic voyage with singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras and now lives part time in the Bronx, NY. He’s a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress. Then live in-studio, the young Louisiana fiddler, accordionist, singer, Cedric Watson and his band Bijou Creole play La-La and zydeco soul. Plus: Kid Ory‘s New Orleans jazz; reggae songman, Jimmy Cliff; Cuban descarga from Cachao; and the Trinidad calypso hero Mighty Sparrow.

Main Image: Aurelio in Corozal village, Honduras. Photo Credit: Sarah Weeden

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FESTIVALS OF SUMMER

August 20th, 2003

Summer is the time to enjoy music in the great outdoors. We’ll visit some festivals around the country, including the venerable National Folk Festival, which takes place in Bangor, Maine this August, and the Freedom Creek Festival, organized by bluesman Willie King in Aliceville, Alabama. Plus music from legendary gatherings like the Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals, the Monterey Pop Festival, and Montreaux. Grab a blanket and picnic basket and turn up the radio.

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Lightning's Boogie Lightning Hopkins
    Clifton Chenier/Mance Lipscomb/Lightning Hopkins: Live!, Arhoolie
  • Summertime (live at Woodstock) Janis Joplin
    I Got Dem 'Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, Sony
  • You Gotta Move Cassandra Wilson
    Belly of the Sun, Blue Note
  • Satisfaction Otis Redding
    The Monterey International Pop Festival, Rhino
  • I Feel So Good Muddy Waters
    At Newport 1960, MCA
  • Instrumental: Strollin' With Bones T-Bone Walker
    Blues Masters: The Very Best Of T-Bone Walker, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: The Freedom Creek Festival with Willie King

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  • This Little Light of Mine Freedom Singers
    Gospel at Newport, Vanguard
  • I Got It The Chambers Brothers
    Folk Music At Newport Part 1, Vanguard
  • Instrumental: Sugarfoot Rag Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • Newport Waltz The Balfa Brothers
    Play Traditional Cajun Music, Swallow
  • Hey, Tite Fille Clifton Chenier
    The King of Zydeco Live at Montreux, Arhoolie
  • Maria Christiana Los Lobos
    Good Morning Aztlan, Mammoth
  • (Title Unknown) Tito Puente
    Live recording from American Roots July 4th Concert,
  • Festival Junction Duke Ellington
    Ellington At Newport 1956 - Complete, Sony

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Lonesome Fiddle Blues Vassar Clements, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, John Kahn & Peter Rowan
    Old and In the Way: That High Lonesome Sound, Acoustic Disc
  • Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert, Sony
  • Forked Deer/Eighth of January Eck Robertson with the New Lost City Ramblers
    Folk Music at Newport Part 1, Vanguard
  • The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde Tammy Wynette
    D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Koch
  • SEGMENT: Bonnie & Clyde Festival

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  • Frankie & Johnny Jimmy Anderson
    House Rockin' & Hip Shakin' Vol.4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
  • Samson & Delilah Rev. Gary Davis
    Gospel at Newport, Vanguard
  • Instrumental: Pickin' The Devil's Eye Fiddlers 4
    Fiddlers 4, Compass
  • SEGMENT: National Folk Festival in Bangor, ME with Sarah Gertrude Knot and Joe Wilson

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  • Kokomo Blues Bonnie Raitt
    Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary, Sliced Bread
  • Hip Shakin' Mama Cookie Gabriel
    The Sounds of New Orleans Vol.10, WWOZ
  • Instrumental: Cross Road Blues Marcus Roberts
    Blues For The New Millennium, Columbia
  • Nutty Thelonious Monk
    Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk Live at Newport 1958 &1963, Sony
  • End Bed: Line for Lyons Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker
    Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Chubby Jackson Big Band, Fantasy

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