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May the Fourth Be With Us! American Routes Independence Day Then & Now

This July 4th weekend, we dive into the record crates to bring you music of celebration, hope and critique from Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Sly Stone and Jon Batiste. Then, the July 4th roots of American Routes as we go back to the 1990s, deep in the archive, for highlights from The American Roots Independence Day concerts at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Join us for spectacular stage performances by the urbane blues hero Charles Brown, the Texas Playboys with Johnny Gimble playing Western swing, Mexican-American Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Young Tuxedo Brass with New Orleans jazz, and Hawaiian music and song of slack-key guitar master Ledward Kaapana.

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RICHARD THOMPSON AND ZACHARY RICHARD

January 27th, 2016

This week on American Routes, we’ll talk to folk rocker songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson. An advocate for British lyric and music tradition in new settings with refashioned traditional songs and stories, Thompson evolved from playing in the seminal folk-rock band, Fairport Convention to his present day role as an in-demand guitarist and songwriter. Then we’ll visit with accordion-man Zachary Richard about growing up in French-speaking south Louisiana but needing to go to France and Quebec to realize the significance of the Cajun culture into which he was born.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: "Salford Sunday" Richard Thompson
    Electric, Beeswing
  • "Come All Ye" Fairport Convention
    Liege and Lief, Island
  • "Sur le Point de Lyon" Beausoleil with Richard Thompson
    Bayou Deluxe, Rhino
  • "On Top of Old Smoky" Roscoe Holcomb
    The High Lonesome Sound, Smithsonian Folkways
  • "Forbidden Lovers" Lefty Frizzell
    Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia
  • Instrumental: "On Top of Old Smokey" Grant Green
    Goin' West , Blue Note
  • "Lovin' Up a Storm" Jerry Lee Lewis
    Sun Classics , Charly
  • "Sittin' On Top of the World" Howlin Wolf
    The London Sessions, MCA
  • "Rock Island Line" Lonnie Donegan
    The Singles Anthology: 1955-1967, CMETD
  • SEGMENT: Richard Thompson

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  • Instrumental: "Sunset Song" Richard Thompson
    Sweet Warrior, Beeswing
  • "Wreck of the Carlos Rey" Los Lobos
    The Ride, Hollywood
  • "Handsome Molly" Mick Jagger
    Wandering Spirit, Atlantic
  • "Dimming of the Day" Bonnie Raitt
    The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003, Capitol
  • "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" The Del McCoury Band
    Del and the Boys, Ceili
  • End Bed: "Take Care the Road You Choose" Richard Thompson
    Sweet Warrior, Beeswing

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: "Laisse le vent souffler" Zachary Richard
    Le Fou, Avalanche
  • "Sweet Sweet" Zachary Richard
    Le Fou, Avalanche
  • "J'ai vu le loup le renard et la belette" Balfa Brothers
    J'ai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard et La Belette, Rounder
  • "Acadian Driftwood" The Band
    Northern Lights- Southern Cross, Capitol
  • "Balfa et Grand Bois" Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • "No French No More" Zachary Richard
    Women in the Room, A & M
  • "Les Flammes d'Enfer" Richard Thompson
    Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, Vanguard
  • Instrumental: "Acadian Two-Step" Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music , Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Zachary Richard

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  • "Let the Four Winds Blow" Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • "Femme l'a Dit" FeuFollet
    Cow Island Hop, Valcour
  • Instrumental: "Frog Legs" Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • "Rosa Majeur" Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
    Zydeco, GNP Crescendo
  • "Sweet Little Doll" Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • "Bon Soir Moreau" Canray Fontenot
    Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style, Arhoolie
  • "I Got Loaded" The Wood Brothers
    The Muse, Southern Ground
  • End Bed: "Cow Island Hop" FeuFollet
    Cow Island Hop, Valcour

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