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May 14 - May 20, 2008
Emmylou Harris & Yo La Tengo
Gifted singer Emmylou Harris takes a new trip down old country roads as the self-searching "Red Dirt Girl." We speak with her about growing up between South and North, her days on the road with Gram Parsons, and her atmospheric music today. Also, the purposefully unrooted band Yo La Tengo of Hoboken, New Jersey tracks their 15 years of luminous music and improvisatory life. |
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May 21 - May 27, 2008
Travel
Get your key to the highway...this American Routes looks at "the road" as destination, inspiration and home away from home in blues, country, jazz and more. Folkie and fellow traveler Ramblin' Jack Elliot recalls the allure of the road in music and life. Plus, historian and author Douglas Brinkley joins us to speak on travel as muse for beat author Jack Kerouac and others. |
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May 28 - June 3, 2008
Medicine Show
Step right up! It's a sonic tonic for the blues as we turn to the healing power of music ranging from the "Hadacol Boogie" to "Dr. Jazz." Includes a visit with New Orleans piano man Eddie Bo, who also offers advice in the healing arts, and a trip to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum to find "Love Potion # 9." |
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June 4 - June 10, 2008
Weddings
For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health -- June is the month for weddings, and American Routes has lots of different takes on matrimony from Cab Calloway, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, Etta James and more. Plus a sweet proposal and a look at what makes a good wedding band - the music not the gold. Tune in to American Routes, and we'll get you to the chapel on time... |
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June 11 - June 17, 2008
James Blood Ulmer & Tracy Nelson
Elemental blues, jazz and country from two performers with deep roots and cosmic connections. In the '60s, young Tracy Nelson left the midwest for psychedelic San Francisco to front the R&B rock band, Mother Earth. Now deep in the Tennessee hills, she's looking back to country sounds. From South Carolina to deep space, guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer takes us on his journey from childhood gospel to free form harmolodic jazz with Ornette Coleman. Blood now brings it all to bear on a brutal, personal version of the blues. |
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June 18 - June 24, 2008
Nashville
Take a two-hour trip to Music City, U.S.A. as we hit the high-class and the low-class joints. Nashville has been a hub of playing and recording country music for over 50 years while also generating a steady stream of regional R&B hits. Come backstage at the Grand Ole Opry and meet the people who make it work, from ushers and announcers to long-time cast members Porter Wagoner, Marty Stuart and others. Pop into the venerable Gruhn's Guitars , grab a bite at the Pancake Pantry and pay respects at country music's finest final resting place, Spring Hill Cemetery. |
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June 25 - July 1, 2008
Robbie Fulks & Bettye LaVette
Join us for the sounds and stories of estranged country singer and songwriter Robbie Fulks. And R&B vixen Bettye LaVette takes us from the Motor City to Muscle Shoals, and Beale Street to Bourbon Street as she recounts nearly 50 years of singing R&B. |
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