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Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté May 18th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté

It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Shemekia Copeland photo by Mike White

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2012 NEA HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP CONCERT

November 21st, 2012

American Routes celebrates the 2012 National Heritage Fellows live in concert from George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC. Nick hosts the evening of music and stories, honoring the nation’s finest practitioners of traditional arts. This year fellows include Tejano accordionist Flaco Jimenez, multi-instrumentalist Andy Statman, Tidewater gospel quartet the Paschall Brothers and dobro master Mike Auldridge.

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HOUR ONE

  • Yedid Nefesh Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • 6/8 Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • SEGMENT: Andy Statman

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  • The Window Up Above/ Arkansas Traveler Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Instrumental: When the Mighty Mississippi Sleeps Dr. Michael White
    Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street
  • LaBega's Carousel Blinky and the Roadmasters
    Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
  • Kolo Mashi Obo Addy
    Okropong, Santrofi
  • Ryuku Dance Medley: Kajiyadefu/Medetai Bushi Lynne Nakasone
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Stage Interview Lynne Nakasone
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Stage Interview Paul, Darlene and Terry Bergren
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
    Railroad Bill, Cello
  • Father, Father Pops Staples
    Father, Father, Pointblank
  • I Feel Good The Campbell Brothers
    Pass Me Not, Arhoolie
  • Shout, When You're Feeling Blue The Paschall Brothers
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • You Better Run The Paschall Brothers
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Ease My Troublin' Mind The Paschall Brothers
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • End Bed: Midnight Sun Chuck Brown
    The Best of Chuck Brown, Raw Venture

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Whispering Mike Auldridge, Bob Brozman and David Grisman
    Tone Poems, Acoustic Disc
  • CLIP: Jerry Douglas, on Mike Auldridge
  • Stage Interview Rob Ickes
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Sunrise Serenade Mike Auldridge
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • House of the Rising Sun/ Walk, Don't Run Mike Auldridge
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Stage Interview Molly Neptune Parker
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Instrumental: Slow Jota Vintage Jim Jausoro & His Orchestra
    Basque Music of Boise: Tradizioa Bizirik… The Tradition Lives, Basque Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.
  • CLIP: Al Head
  • Never No More Blues Doc Watson
    Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection, Sugar Hill
  • Better Days Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
    Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Folkways
  • CLIP: Harold Burnham
  • Instrumental: Nui Papa Ledward Kaapana
    Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Dancing Cat
  • SEGMENT: Flaco Jimenez

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  • Cada Vez Que Cae La Tarde Flaco Jimenez
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Cielito Lindo Flaco Jimenez
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • This Land is Your Land Flaco Jimenez, the Paschall Brothers & Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • End Bed: Jam session from the stage
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,

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