June 3rd, 2010
A Trombone for Smokey
In an upcoming program we’ll be featuring a conversation with the legendary New Orleans R&B drummer Smokey Johnson. You might know his hit “It Ain’t My Fault” (which Mos Def and The… Continued
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Nick Spitzer
Nick Spitzer, the producer and host of American Routes, is a folklorist and a professor of anthropology and American studies at Tulane University . . .
Since Hurricane Katrina musicians, chefs, artists and others have become spokespeople for their neighborhoods and neighbors, envisioning a new direction for the region with culture leading the way.
We have been privileged to speak with many of these individuals, and we have collected a record of their experiences, from the first day after the water receded, until today, five years after the storm. Find out more.
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June 3rd, 2010
In an upcoming program we’ll be featuring a conversation with the legendary New Orleans R&B drummer Smokey Johnson. You might know his hit “It Ain’t My Fault” (which Mos Def and The… Continued
March 26th, 2010
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans in collaboration with Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts . Now in our 12th year on the air, American… Continued
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