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American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey January 13th, 2021 (Hour 1)
American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey

We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom bring their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey’s band, talks about “Afro-New Orleans” culture and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.

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I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: HALLOWEEN '18

October 24th, 2018

To usher in the season of the witch, we invoke the power of hoodoo charms and haunted melodies, blood moons and black magic. And we hang with the Bay Area’s artsy punk rockers Shannon & the Clams as they tell of ghostly encounters, spirit animals and memories from Halloweens past. Plus, spooky chills and thrills from Miles Davis, Memphis Minnie and Hank Williams.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Twilight Zone The Ventures
    The Ventures in Space, Dolton
  • I Put a Spell on You Nina Simone
    The Best of Nina Simone, Verve
  • Season of the Witch Lou Rawls
    The Way It Was: The Way It Is, Capitol
  • Witchcraft The Spiders
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, Capitol
  • Hoodoo Lady Memphis Minnie
    Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937), Columbia
  • Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells
    Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark
  • Instrumental: House of Mirrors David McCallum
    Music: It's Happening Now! , Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Shannon & the Clams

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  • Instrumental: On the Prowl Walter "Wolfman" Washington
    Out of the Dark, Rounder
  • CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Ozma)
  • Ozma Shannon & the Clams
    Dreams in the Rat House, Hardly Art
  • Li'l Red Riding Hood Sham the Sham and the Pharaohs
    Li'l Red Riding Hood/Love Me Like Before, MGM
  • Howlin' at the Moon Hank Williams
    Howlin' at the Moon/I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You), MGM
  • Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner Brothers
  • Evil (Is Goin' On) Howlin' Wolf
    His Best, MCA/Chess
  • Howlin' For You Black Keys
    Brothers, Nonesuch
  • Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Green River, Fantasy
  • Felt Like Sin Trailer Bride
    Whine de Lune, Bloodshot
  • End Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
    Space, Apple

HOUR two

  • Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis
    Bitches Brew, Columbia
  • Stones in My Passway Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues Singers, Columbia
  • Haunted House Leon Redbone
    On the Track, Warner Brothers
  • CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Trick-or-Treating)
  • Bo Meets the Monster Bo Diddley
    Bo Diddley, Chess
  • Instrumental: Ghost Riders in the Sky Wayne Henderson
    Made & Played, Tucker Road
  • La Llorona Chavela Vargas
    Lo Mejor de Chavela Vargas Vol. 2, Ok Records
  • Long Black Veil Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy
    The List, Manhattan
  • Long Chain On The Knitters
    The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Rounder
  • Ghost Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
    Silver, Columbia
  • Phantom 309 Red Sovine
    Phantom 309, Starday
  • Instrumental: Theme from "Rosemary's Baby" Duke Pearson
    Halloween's Gravest Hits, Capitol
  • Last Night I Had a Dream Randy Newman
    Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch
  • Touro Infirmary Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 2, Clean Cuts Music
  • In the Night Professor Longhair
    New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
  • Closing Bed: Saints Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 1, Clean Cuts Music

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