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Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows May 25th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows

Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.

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COUNTRY CROSSOVER

February 23rd, 2005

Blues, rock, soul and jazz… all with a little twang of country. This show features artists who take elements of the great country tradition, mix them up and make them their own. Nick talks with a living legend of old time country, Ralph Stanley. Also hear an interview and a short live set from young House of God steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Plus a talk with Cajun country elders the Hackberry Ramblers, and the down-home rock sound of the Sadies, out of Canada.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Daybreak In Dixie The Stanley Brothers
    Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings, Mercury
  • When The Saints Go Marchin' In Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic, Bear Family
  • You Win Again Fats Domino
    From Where I Stand, Warner
  • Big Beaver Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
    San Antonio Rose box, Bear Family
  • At A Dixie Roadside Diner Duke Ellington
    Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA/Victor, RCA
  • My Blue Eyed Jane Jimmie Rodgers
    The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Kentucky Mandolin Bill Monroe
    The Country Music Hall of Fame Series, MCA
  • INTERVIEW: Ralph Stanley

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  • Cash on the Barrelhead Dolly Parton
    The Grass is Blue, Sugar Hill
  • Little Cabin on the Hill Elvis Presley
    Walk a Mile in My Shoes, RCA
  • Tennessee Jed Grateful Dead
    Europe '72, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Pass the Chutney The Sadies
    Tremendous Efforts, Bloodshot
  • INTERVIEW: The Sadies
  • Boppin' the Blues Carl Perkins
    Memphis Rocks, Smithsonian
  • Country Boy Freddy King
    Hideaway, Rhino
  • Black Mountain Rag Chet Atkins
    Galloping Guitar, Bear Family
  • Nashville Cats Lovin' Spoonful
    Anthology, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Pan American Blues Deford Bailey
    From Where I Stand: The Black Experience In Country Music, Warner
  • SEGMENT: Country from on and off-center
  • Beverly Hillbillies TV theme
  • A Little Bit Country Donnie & Marie Osmond
  • Star Spangled banner Waving Somewhere Peter Grudzien
  • Thank God I'm a Country Boy John Denver
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool Barbara Mandrell
  • Down Yonder We Go Ballin' Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
  • It Makes No Difference Now Ray Charles
    The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino
  • Instrumental: At The Cross Sonny Treadway
    Sacred Steel, Arhoolie
  • INTERVIEW: Robert Randolph
  • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Al Green
    Country Meets Soul, Hi
  • When Something Is Wrong With My Baby Charlie Rich
    Country Meets Soul, Hi
  • One More Night Bob Dylan
    Nashville Skyline, Sony
  • Screen Door Uncle Tupelo
    89/93: An Anthology, Sony
  • Instrumental: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • INTERVIEW: Luderin Darbonne and Edwin Duhom of Hackberry Ramblers

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  • Crawfish Jambalaya Clifton Chenier
    Out West, Arhoolie
  • He'll Have to Go David Isaacs
    The Complete UK Upsetter Singles, Trojan
  • Wagon Wheels Sonny Rollins
    Way Out West, AP
  • End Bed: Progressive Country Music For A Hollywood Flapper Hank Penny
    Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot

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