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American Routes at the Movies 2019

We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.

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CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE: MONK BOUDREAUX, SOUTHERN FRANCE, CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE

February 3rd, 2016

For our annual pre-Lenten bacchanal, we bring you classic Mardi Gras songs from the Crescent City and beyond. We start out at home, where New Orleans’ own Monk Boudreaux walks us through the sites and sounds of Mardi Gras Day. We travel to Nice, France – grand city on the Cote d’Azure – and the vintners village of Limoux , where free glasses of blanchette are never empty. We continue our journey in Coney Island NY , where we hear of carnivalesque revelry at America’s great amusement park by the sea and walk with the fishes in the Mermaid Parade.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Seven-Ay-Pocky-Way Jason Marsalis
    Music in Motion, Basin St
  • Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans , Mardi Gras
  • Goin Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Carnival Time Al Johnson
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
  • Meet de Boys on de Battle Front The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    Wild Tchoupitoulas , Mango
  • New Suit The Wild Magnolias
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras
  • Instrumental: (Somebody Got) Soul, Soul Soul The Wild Magnolias
    The Wild Magnolias, Polydor
  • SEGMENT: Monk Boudreaux and Mardi Gras Day

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  • Hiko Hiko Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • Quadrille-Figure-Six Blinky and the Road Masters
    Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Masquerade George Michael, Fred William, Gustin Louis, Wilkinson Girard
    Musical Traditions of St. Lucia, West Indies, Folkways
  • Mardi Gras Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Carnival in Nice and Limoux, France

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  • End Bed: Walking Home Donald Harrison and Dr. John
    Indian Blues , Candid

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Cyclone Johnny and the Hurricanes
    The Best of Johnny and the Hurricanes Vol 2, Drew's Entertainment
  • Open Bed: Love Roller Coaster Ohio Players
    Honey, Mercury
  • Life is a Carnival The Band
    The Last Waltz, Rhino
  • Coney Island (Live) Al Jolson
    Live in '35!, Mastercorp Pty Ltd
  • Coney Island Washboard Swift Jewel Cowboys
    Western Swing and Country Jazz, JSP
  • SEGMENT: Philomena Marano
  • Love Roller Coaster Big Joe Turner
    The Definitive Blues Collection, Atlantic
  • CLIP: Nick on Wonderwheel
  • Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! The Beatles
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, EMI
  • Instrumental: Twelfth St. Rag Verne Langdon
    Circus Clown Calliope Vols 1-2, Electic Lemon
  • Segment: Philomena Marano
  • Coney Island Steeplechase The Velvet Underground
    Another View, Verve
  • My Flying Saucer Billy Bragg and Wilco
    Mermaid Avenue Vol II , Nonesuch
  • SEGMENT: Stan Fox
  • Carnival Natalie Merchant
    Tigerlily, Elektra
  • Instrumental: Bakers Dozen Mickey Baker
    The WIldest Guitar, Sepia Tone
  • SEGMENT: Ray Valens The Barker
  • Coney Island Baby The Excellents
    Forever Doo Woop Vol 2, Essential Media
  • Freak House Blues Caol Lipnik
    Cloud Girl, Mermaid Alley
  • SEGMENT: Little Miss Firefly
  • SEGMENT: Mermaid Parade, Stanley Foxx
  • Coney Island The Barry Sisters
    Hebrew National Kosher Classics, RCA
  • Under the Boardwalk The Drifters
    Under The Boardwalk, KRB
  • End Bed: Coney Island Rag Robert Bruce
    Silent Movie Piano , Sonoton

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