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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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I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: HALLOWEEN '19

October 23rd, 2019

To usher in the season of the witch, we invoke the power of hoodoo charms and haunted melodies, blood moons and black magic. And we hang with the Bay Area’s artsy punk rockers Shannon & the Clams as they tell of ghostly encounters, animal spirits and memories from Halloweens past. Plus, spooky chills and thrills from Miles Davis, Memphis Minnie and Hank Williams.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Twilight Zone The Ventures
    The Ventures in Space, Dolton
  • I Put a Spell on You Nina Simone
    The Best of Nina Simone, Verve
  • Season of the Witch Lou Rawls
    The Way It Was: The Way It Is, Capitol
  • Witchcraft The Spiders
    Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, Capitol
  • Hoodoo Lady Memphis Minnie
    Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937), Columbia
  • Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells
    Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark
  • Instrumental: House of Mirrors David McCallum
    Music: It's Happening Now!, Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Shannon & the Clams

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  • Instrumental: On the Prowl Walter "Wolfman" Washington
    Out of the Dark, Rounder
  • CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Ozma)
  • Ozma Shannon & the Clams
    Dreams in the Rat House, Hardly Art
  • Li'l Red Riding Hood Sham the Sham and the Pharaohs
    Li'l Red Riding Hood/Love Me Like Before, MGM
  • Howlin' at the Moon Hank Williams
    Howlin' at the Moon/I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You), MGM
  • Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead, Warner Brothers
  • Evil (Is Goin' On) Howlin' Wolf
    His Best, MCA/Chess
  • Howlin' For You Black Keys
    Brothers, Nonesuch
  • Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Green River, Fantasy
  • Felt Like Sin Trailer Bride
    Whine de Lune, Bloodshot
  • End Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
    Space, Apple

HOUR two

  • Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis
    Bitches Brew, Columbia
  • Stones in My Passway Robert Johnson
    King of the Delta Blues Singers, Columbia
  • Haunted House Leon Redbone
    On the Track, Warner Brothers
  • CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Trick-or-Treating)
  • Bo Meets the Monster Bo Diddley
    Bo Diddley, Chess
  • Instrumental: Ghost Riders in the Sky Wayne Henderson
    Made & Played, Tucker Road
  • La Llorona Chavela Vargas
    Lo Mejor de Chavela Vargas Vol. 2, Ok Records
  • Long Black Veil Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy
    The List, Manhattan
  • Long Chain On The Knitters
    The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Rounder
  • Ghost Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
    Silver, Columbia
  • Phantom 309 Red Sovine
    Phantom 309, Starday
  • Instrumental: Theme from "Rosemary's Baby" Duke Pearson
    Halloween's Gravest Hits, Capitol
  • Last Night I Had a Dream Randy Newman
    Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch
  • Touro Infirmary Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 2, Clean Cuts Music
  • In the Night Professor Longhair
    New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
  • Closing Bed: Saints Dr. John
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 1, Clean Cuts Music

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