American Routes

Series produced by American Routes

Caption: American Routes
American Routes 

American Routes, hosted by Nick Spitzer, is a weekly two-hour public radio program produce at Tulane University in New Orleans. It has been exclusively distributed by PRX since 2011. The show presents a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.

American Routes is exclusively distributed by PRX and is represented by SFM Consulting, Inc. Carriage fees for American Routes are billed separately from PRX.

Fees for American Routes are based on Nielsen Audio market size. They range between $1,000 per quarter for stations in the largest markets to $250 per quarter for smaller and unrated markets. For more information please contact Steve Martin at 703.304.8479 or steve@sfmconsulting.com


672 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: 4th of July on the Mall, Credit: National Council for the Traditional Arts
with the Staple Singers, Tito Puente, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, New Orleans Tuxedo Brass and more.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: Shaka Zulu
with the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00

  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
with music by Charlie Pride, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Adia Victoria, Aretha Franklin and Louis Armstrong

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59

  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00

  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: The Clancy Brothers
with music from Hank Locklin, The Clancy Brothers and Louis Armstrong, plus a live set from the 80th National Folk Festival with John Doyle, Seamus...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Hunters, Credit: Armon Dauphin
with the Mohawk Hunters and a tribute to Professor Longhair with Allen Toussaint, Dr. John and Ellis Marsalis.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00