AMERICAN ROUTES
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté June 7th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and 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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AMERICA'S HIPPIE HERITAGE

March 14th, 2007

Tune in and turn on to our nation’s fringe heritage. Along with their spiritual forefathers, the beatniks and folkies, our hippie generation latched on to great music before them—from old-time country and bluegrass, bebop, blues and more—and created their own versions. We’re joined by Maria Muldaur, who recalls making jug-band music in the West Village in the ’60s. Also, we speak with bass player Jack Casady, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mandolin King Rag Even Dozen Jug Band
    The Even Dozen Jug Band, Elektra
  • Way Back in the 1960s The Incredible String Band
    The 5000 Spirits or Layers of the Onion, Hannibal
  • CLIP: Bo Diddley
  • Hey Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
    His Best, MCA/Chess
  • South Street The Orlons
    Cameo Parkway, 1957-1961, ABKCO
  • Yes We Can - Part I Lee Dorsey
    Yes We Can / Night People, Raven
  • Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone
    The Essential Sly & the Family Stone, Epic/Legacy
  • Instrumental: Humpin' The Bar-Kays
    Black Rock / Gotta Groove, Stax
  • Love the One You're With Aretha Franklin
    Live at Fillmore West, Atlantic/Rhino
  • Statesboro Blues The Allman Brothers Band
    The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East, Capricorn
  • Bosco / Mosco Stomp Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • I Got Loaded Los Lobos
    How Will the Wolf Survive?, Slash/Warner Bros.
  • Instrumental: Okie from Muskogee Lloyd Green
    Lloyd Green And His Steel Guitar, Americana
  • Okie from Muskogee (live) Merle Haggard & the Strangers
    Okie from Muskogee, Capitol
  • Hippie from Olema No. 5 The Youngbloods
    Good and Dusty, Warner Bros.
  • Take a Whiff on Me Woody Guthrie
    Muleskinner Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
  • CLIP: Arlo Guthrie
  • Coming Into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie
    The Best of Arlo Guthrie, Warner Bros.
  • INTERVIEW: Maria Muldaur

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  • Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Embryonic Journey Jefferson Airplane
    Surrealistic Pillow, RCA
  • That's the Bag I'm In Fred Neil
    Everybody's Talkin', REV-OLA
  • I'm Satisfied Mississippi John Hurt
    The Complete Studio Recordings, Vanguard
  • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Cat Power
    The Covers Record, Matador
  • Evening Gown Mick Jagger
    Wandering Spirit, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Truckin' Pickin' on the Grateful Dead
    Pickin' on the Grateful Dead, CMH
  • Back in the Goodle Days John Hartford
    Aereo-Plain, Rounder
  • John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
    John Wesley Harding, Columbia
  • CLIP: Jerry Garcia
  • New Speedway Boogie Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner Bros.
  • Instrumental: Know Your Rider Hot Tuna
    Hot Tuna Live, RCA
  • INTERVIEW: Jack Casady

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  • Duppy Conqueror Bob Marley and the Wailers
    Trenchtown Rock: Anthology 1969 - '78, Trojan
  • May This Be Love Jimi Hendrix
    Are You Experienced?, MCA
  • Shhh / Peaceful Miles Davis
    In a Silent Way, Columbia

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