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REIMAGINING KENTUCKY COUNTRY MUSIC & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ WITH KELSEY WALDON AND AURORA NEALAND

Country singer Kelsey Waldon grew up in the Ohio River bottoms of Ballard County Kentucky-a place called “Monkey’s Eyebrow” where her family has farmed for generations. She tells us about her journey as a songwriter, and her friendship with another hero of Kentucky, John Prine. Then a live set of New Orleans jazz and its Caribbean cousins with the widely acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Aurora Nealand and her quartet at Artisound Studios in New Orleans 9th Ward.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: The Dog (Outro) Kelsey Waldon
    No Regular Dog, Oh Boy Records
  • Gone, Gone, Gone Everly Brothers
    Gone, Gone, Gone—The Everly Brothers, Warner Brothers
  • Highway 51 Blues Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow The Soggy Bottom Boys, Dan Tyminski
    Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mercury
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe
    Bill Monroe—Anthology, UMG
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
    A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete Recordings 1953-1955, RCA
  • Instrumental: Ike Everly's Rag Merle Travis and Joe Maphis
    Country Guitar Giants, CMH
  • Warfaring Stranger Johnny Cash
    Solitary Man—American III, American Recordings
  • Kentucky Waltz Osborne Brothers
    100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits, CMI
  • Van Lear Rose Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn—Van Lear Rose, Third Man Records
  • SEGMENT: Kelsey Waldon

    Listen
  • Instrumental: So Round, So Firm Eddie Pennington
    Walks the Strings and Even Sings, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Honey Don't The Beatles
    The Beatles for Sale, London
  • Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Carl Perkins
    Sun Rockabilly Classics, Sun Records
  • Matchbox The Beatles
    The Beatles Live at the BBC, BBC
  • Boppin' the Blues Carl Perkins
    Carl Perkins—Sun King, Sun Records
  • My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night John Prine
    Single, Oh Boy! Records
  • End Bed: Old Kentucky Home Shotgun Jazz Band
    Steppin' on the Gas, Shotgun Jazz Band
  • Nous, Les Cuisinières The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Tropical Moon Rhumba The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • It's All Right with Me The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • Instrumental: The Optimism Blues BC Coogan
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • Shag The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • Lucky Old Sun The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • SEGMENT: Aurora Nealand

    Listen
  • Instrumental: Rosenbecks Backroom Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • Temptation Rag The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,
  • End Bed: Georgie Cabin The Aurora Nealand Quartet
    American Routes Live at Artisound Productions,

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