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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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BREAKING OUT: BRITISH BLUES TO NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE

December 4th, 2019

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Hideaway John Mayall with Eric Clapton
    Bluesbreakers, Decca
  • Hit the Highway John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
    A Hard Road, Decca
  • Worried Life Blues Big Maceo
    Big Maceo - The King of the Chicago Blues Piano Vol. 1, Blues Classics
  • Feeling Good J.B. Lenoir
    Down In Mississippi, L+R Records
  • Shout for Joy Albert Ammons
    Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie, Boogie Woogie
  • Room to Move John Mayall
    The Turning Point, Polydor
  • Instrumental: Blues City Shakedown John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
    Crocodile Walk / Blues City Shakedown, Decca
  • Crocodile Walk John Mayall
    John Mayall Plays John Mayall, Decca
  • Ramblin' on My Mind John Mayall with Eric Clapton
    Bluesbreakers, Decca
  • Outside Woman Blues Cream
    Disraeli Gears, Reaction
  • We Gotta Get Out of this Place The Animals
    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: John Mayall

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  • Instrumental: The Stumble John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
    A Hard Road, Decca
  • Good Times Boogie John Mayall
    Jazz blues Fusion, Polydor
  • End Bed: Boogie Albert John Mayall
    Back To The Roots, Polydor

HOUR two

  • Open Beds: N.O. Bounce Big Freedia
    Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Bogalusa Strut Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
    Short Dress Gal / Bogalusa Strut, Columbia
  • Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) Jelly Roll Morton
    Last Sessions, RCA Victor
  • Palm Court Strut Kermit Ruffins
    Big Easy, Basin Street Records
  • Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus Raymond Miles | The Gospel Soul Children
    Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Take It to the Street Rebirth Brass Band
    Take It To The Street, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Ease Back The Meters
    Funkify Your Life, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: Big Freedia

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  • Instrumental: Olde Wine AFO Executives
    Gumbo Stew (Original AFO New Orleans R&B), Ace
  • The Big Beat Fats Domino
    Fats Domino, Liberty
  • Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lloyd Price And His Orchestra
    Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Mailman Blues, Specialty
  • The Monkey Dave Bartholomew
    The Monkey, Imperial
  • Down Yonder (We Go Ballin') Smiley Lewis
    The Cosimo Matassa Story, Proper
  • Closing Bed: Chicken Strut The Meters
    Chicken Strut, Josie

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    CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS

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    BLUES AND JAZZ, AFRICAN ROOTS AND BRANCHES WITH SHEMEKIA COPELAND & BALLA KOUYATé

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    BREAKING OUT: BRITISH BLUES TO NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE

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