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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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LABOR DAY LIVE FROM NEW ORLEANS

August 28th, 2019

This Labor Day weekend, we’re rockin’ from the French Quarter Festival: a free, homegrown, four-day annual event featuring a vast array of local music presented on stages throughout the city’s oldest neighborhood. We’ll hear from trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, Creole banjo man Don Vappie, zydeco accordionist Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and his Sunspots, the all-female Original Pinettes Brass Band, Latin rockers the Iguanas, and trombonist Corey Henry’s Tremé Funket. Join us for music to chill by for the working women and men of our United States.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open bed: Hey Look Me Over Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Hallelujah I Love Her So Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Skokian Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Jock-A-Mo (Iko Iko) Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Bunny Bread Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Cayenne & Cowain Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Mo t'laime avec tout ma couer Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Zydeco et pas sales Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Royal Garden Blues Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Jolie Fille Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Flying Horses Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • St. James Infirmary Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Eh la bas Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Closing Bed: Yellow Fever Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Breakaway The Original Pinettes Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Amy Winehouse Tribute Medley The Original Pinettes Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Pinettes Medley The Original Pinettes Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Noche de Cumbia The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Love Sucker The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Oye Isabelle The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • El Alacran The Iguanas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Getcho Money Ready Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Only in New Orleans Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Shake Your Money Maker Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Closing Bed: Slippin' into Darkness Corey Henry Treme Funktet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,

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