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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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LOVE IS STRANGE WITH JUDY COLLINS AND JIM LAUDERDALE

January 23rd, 2019

The dead of winter has us planning ahead for Valentine’s Day and life itself with songs of love—lost and found. Whether it’s from swooning crooners or heartbroken honky-tonkers, love has wedged itself prominently in the American songbook. We talk to two songwriters who specialize in matters of the heart: ’60s folk chanteuse Judy Collins and Americana songmaker Jim Lauderdale, a.k.a. “The King of Broken Hearts.” Plus we hear soulful sweet songs from the Pointer Sisters and the Four Tops, ballads of love on the rocks from George Jones and Tracy Chapman, and love confessions for “My Girl, Josephine” by Fats Domino and “Ophelia” by The Band. Join us for songs of love sad and happy, sexy and silly, careless and calculated on American Routes.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Both Sides Now Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Will the Circle be Unbroken, Capitol
  • Love is Strange Mickey & Sylvia
    Dirty Dancing (Soundtrack), RCA
  • You Were on My Mind Ian & Silvia
    Long Long Time, Vanguard
  • Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman
    New Beginning, Elektra
  • Still Doing Time George Jones
    The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2, Legacy
  • Love Me Do The Beatles
    The Beatles 1962-1966, Capitol
  • Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley
    His Best, MCA
  • Instrumental: When She Loved Me Randy Newman
    Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1, Nonesuch
  • SEGMENT: Judy Collins

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  • Instrumental: Body and Soul Nat King Cole
    The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio, Capitol
  • My Man Billie Holiday
    Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday, Columbia/Legacy
  • My Guy Mary Wells
    The Best of Mary Wells: The Millennium Collection , Motown
  • Finest Lovin' Man Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
  • Time is On My Side Irma Thomas
    I Wish Someone Would Care, Imperial
  • It's All Over Now Rebirth Brass Band
    The Main Event: Live at the Maple Leaf, Louisiana Red Hot
  • Careless Love Wild Bill Davison and band with Bertha "Chippie" Hill
    This is Jazz, the Historic Broadcasts Vol. 6, Jazzology Records
  • End Bed: Wonderful World Treme Brass Band
    Sound of New Orleans: Best of the Brass Bands, Sound of New Orleans

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Careless Love Blues Danny Barker
    The Fabulous Band of Danny Barker, Gramercy Jazz
  • You're the Cream in my Coffee Nat King Cole
    The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio, Capitol
  • Sugar The Pointer Sisters
    The Pointer Sisters, Blue Thumb
  • I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) The Four Tops
    The Ultimate Collection, Motown
  • Sugar Bee Cleveland Crochet and All the Sugar Bees
    Cleveland Crochet and All the Sugar Bees, Goldband
  • Sugar Magnolia Grateful Dead
    American Beauty, Warner Brothers
  • Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Jelly Roll Kings
    Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, Earwig
  • He Was a Friend of Mine Willie Nelson
    Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Verve
  • Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash, Columbia/Legacy
  • Marina Los Texmaniacs
    Borders y Bailes, Smithsonian Folkways
  • My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
    Antoine "Fats" Domino: The Legendary Imperial Recordings, Imperial
  • Ophelia The Band
    Northern Lights, Southern Cross, Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Jim Lauderdale

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  • Instrumental: Turn, Turn, Turn Bill Frisell
    Guitar in the Space Age, Nonesuch
  • Touching the Ground Brandi Carlile
    Give Up the Ghost, Columbia
  • She Belongs to Me Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia
  • Tomorrow is a Long Time Sandy Denny
    Sandy, A&M
  • End Bed: It's All Over Now Baby Blue Grateful Dead
    Dick's Picks Volume 9: The Grateful Dead Live at Madison Square Garden, Grateful Dead

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    AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE: CREOLE SONGLINES OF LEYLA MCCALLA AND SAXOPHONIST DONALD HARRISON'S JAZZ JOURNEY

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    LOVE IS STRANGE WITH JUDY COLLINS AND JIM LAUDERDALE

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    AR LIVE: LOUISIANA NEW YEAR'S PARTY WITH CAJUN & ZYDECO AND NEW ORLEANS PIANO & SONG

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