AMERICAN ROUTES
American Routes at the Movies 2019 American Routes at the Movies 2019 February 20th, 2019 (Hour 1)
American Routes at the Movies 2019

We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.

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GUILTY PLEASURES: MUSIC WE LOVE MORE THAN WE CAN SAY

June 7th, 2017

We take a deep dive into the memory vaults to spin the tunes that we shamelessly love. From guilty pleasures, including a disco dance number, to confessional ballads like James Carr’s “Dark End of the Street” and songs of redemption ala Bobby Hebb’s “Sunny,” we shine a light on our heart’s true delights. Plus, we explore social protest anthems including Mavis Staples’ “Long Walk to D.C.,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Richard Cory,” and a standout R & B version of Pete Seeger’s “If I Had a Hammer” sung by Shreveport’s Toussaint McCall.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Do Whatcha Wanna Rebirth Brass Band
    Do Whatcha Wanna, Mardi Gras Records
  • Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley
    Muscle Shoals Sounds, Rhino
  • I Love the Nightlife Alicia Bridges
    Say It Sister, A Bridges
  • Night Life Willie Nelson
    Milk Cow Blues, UMG Recordings
  • Guilty Randy Newman
    Good Old Boys, Warner Brothers
  • It's a Mean Old World Sam Cooke
    Nightbeat, RCA
  • Instrumental: Bandera Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
  • When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland Carter Family
    The Carter Family: In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family Records
  • Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
    Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones Records
  • That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
    Nashville, Anti-
  • Dark End of the Street James Carr
    The Essential James Carr, Razor and Tie Music
  • Sin City Flying Burrito Brothers
    Gilded Palace of Sin, A&M Records
  • Instrumental: Detour Duane Eddy
    Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel, Jamie Record
  • Pancho and Lefty Delbert McClinton
    Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, Free Falls Entertainment
  • Big Iron Marty Robbins
    Gun Fighter Ballads, Sony Legacy
  • Don't Take Your Gun to Town Johnny Cash
    Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia/Legacy
  • Johnny Too Bad The Slickers
    The Harder They Come, Island
  • Tighten Up Archie Bell and the Drells
    Tightening it Up: The Best of Archie Bell & The Drells, Rhino
  • Bon Ton Roulet Clarence Garlow
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes Original Recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Jambalaya Tuts Washington
    Tuts Washington: New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder Records
  • Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
    The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch
  • Living for the City Stevie Wonder
    Innervisions, Motown
  • Blowing in the Wind Stevie Wonder
    Stevie Wonder Greatest Hits, Motown
  • John Henry John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
    Richmond Blues , Smithsonian Folkways
  • If I Had a Hammer Toussaint McCall
    Nothing Takes the Place of You: The Ronn Recordings, Fuel 2000 Recordings
  • Long Walk to DC Staple Singers
    Soul Folk in Action, Stax
  • Instrumental: Anji Simon and Garfunkel
    Sounds of Silence, Columbia
  • Richard Cory Simon and Garfunkel
    Sounds of Silence, Columbia
  • Beat it on Down the Line Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead, Warner Brothers
  • I Fought the Law Bobby Fuller Four
    Hot Rod Rebels, The Right Stuff
  • Mama Tried Merle Haggard
    Mama Tried, Capitol Records
  • Follow Your Heart Joe Farrell Quartet
    Joe Farrell Quartet, CTI
  • Rainy Day Dream Away Jimi Hendrix
    Electric Ladyland, Reprise
  • I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles
    Hi Times: The Hi Records R&B Years, Hi Records
  • Instrumental: Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet
    The Best of Sidney Bechet, Blue Note Records
  • Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Skies, Polydor
  • Sunny Bobby Hebb
    Night Train to Nashville, Lost Highway
  • Here Comes the Sun Richie Havens
    Meet the Covers! A Tribute to the Beatles, Hip-O Records

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