American Routes

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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 Ken Mills Agency, LLC. 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 Ken Mills at 612-819-8456 or publicradio@hotmail.com.


654 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
23-48: Blues–The Universal Solvent & Little Freddie King Live, 11/29/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Little Freddie King
with Little Freddie King

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-47: Thanksgiving 2023: Words and Music of Inspiration and Solace in Troubled Times , 11/22/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Campbell Brothers
with the Campbell Brothers

  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-46: The Outlaw Poet and the Crawfish Queen: Billy Joe Shaver & Yvette Landry, 11/15/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Billy Joe Shaver
with Billy Joe Shaver & Yvette Landry

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:02
23-45: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans and Beyond, 11/8/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
with music from Charlie Pride, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Adia Victoria, Aretha Franklin and Louis Armstrong

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-44: New Orleans Tunes and Talk with Wendell Brunious & Comedy and Critique from Susan Werner, 11/1/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Wendell Brunious
with Wendell Brunious & Susan Werner

  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-43: Dance Around in Your Bones: Halloween, All Saints and All Souls , 10/25/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Dr. John
with Dr. John, Charles Neville, and ofrenda maker Ofelia Esparza

  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-42: Flying with the Byrds & the Burritos on American Routes Airlines , 10/18/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Byrds
with Chris Hillman

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-41: Swinging with the Mockingbirds and Milk Cows: Los Cenzontles and the Hot Club of Cowtown, 10/11/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Los Cenzontles
with Los Cenzontles and the Hot Club of Cowtown

  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-40: Live with Piano Prince Davell Crawford and Native American Songs and Sounds from Pow-Wow to Pop, 10/4/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Davell Crawford
with Davell Crawford, Assiniboine Cree Singers, Houmas from Louisiana and Ulali.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-39: New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators, 9/27/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Danny and Blue Lu Barker
with Detroit Brooks and the Syncopated Percolators

  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-38: San Antonio Sounds, 9/20/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Flaco Jiménez and Max Baca
with Flaco Jimenez, Sunny and the Sunliners, Augie Meyers and Max Baca

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-37: New Orleans Jazz Clarinet, Mande Songs & Louisiana Zydeco Live, 9/13/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Sidiki Conde, Credit: Eliot Kamenitz courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz Museum
with Evan Christopher, Sidiki Conde and Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-36: From Gospel to Gigging: Gladys Knight and Iris Dement, 9/6/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Gladys Knight and the Pips
with Gladys Knight and Iris Dement

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-35: For Labor Day Weekend: The Best of American Routes Live, 8/30/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leyla McCalla
with the Pine Leaf Boys, Leyla McCalla, Don Vappie, Kermit Ruffins, Donald Harrison and Rickie Lee Jones

  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-34: Living with the Blues, 8/23/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Teddy's Juke Joint
with Bill Ferris, Eden Brent, Little Freddie King, and a visit to Teddy’s Juke Joint

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-33: Robbie Robertson / Johnny Otis / Dew Drop Inn, 8/16/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Robbie Robertson
with Robbie Robertson, Johnny Otis, and a visit to the Dew Drop Inn

  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-32: Who was Harry Smith?: The Great Delineator and his Anthology of American Folk Music, 8/9/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Harry Smith
featuring Harry Smith biographer John Szwed and music from the Anthology of American Folk Music

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-31: New Orleans Traditional Jazz Live with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band–Jazz Manouche from Christine Tassan et les Imposteures, 8/2/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Django Reinhardt
with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band and Christine Tassan et les Imposteures

  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
23-30: North American Routes from South Louisiana to Cape Breton with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band and Beòlach, 7/26/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band and Beòlach

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
23-29: Piedmont Blues with Jontavious Willis & Andrew Alli and The Stooges Brass Band Live from New Orleans, 7/19/2023
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Stooges Brass Band
with Jontavious Willis & Andrew Alli and The Stooges Brass Band

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01

Series Subscription Information

New episodes are published weekly, 1 episode a week.

Each episode is made up of 11 segments totalling between 01:58:50 and 01:59:10 in length.

Wednesday: 9:00 AM

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