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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
JOURNEYS IN LIFE AND MUSIC WITH RHONDA VINCENT & ALLISON RUSSELL
It’s songs of solace and shelter, hope and joy as we visit with mandolin virtuoso Rhonda Vincent, from Greentop, Missouri, who grew up playing the bluegrass and country music circuit in her family’s bluegrass band and now plays the Grand Ole Opry with her own band, the Rage. Then, Montreal-born, Nashville-based singer, clarinetist and banjo player Allison Russell, on her journey to healing from childhood trauma through travels, words and music. Plus words from Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Lucinda Williams and Johnny Cash.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Watson's Blues Doc Watson and Bill Monroe
Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2, Smithsonian Folkways - Key to the Highway Brownie McGhee
Blues is Truth, Labor Records - That Lonesome Road Rhiannon Giddens
Factory Girl, Nonesuch - I'm A Ramblin' Man Waylon Jennings
The Essential Waylon, Sony - Rambling Boy Charlie Haden with Vince Gill
Rambling Boy, Decca - Ramblin' Charles Lloyd and the Marvels
Tone Poem, Blue Note - Instrumental: Farewell Blues Jim and Jesse
Hats Off! The Bluegrass Tribute To Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, CMH Records - Mama's Opry Iris Dement
Infamous Angel, Yep Roc - Just Rehearsing Louvin Brothers
The Family Who Prays, Capitol - This Train Sister Rosetta Tharp
Sister Rosetta Tharp--The Decca Singles, Decca - I'm a Honky Tonk Girl Loretta Lynn
Still Woman Enough, Loretta Lynn Enterprises - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury - Instrumental: Help Me Rhonda Pickin' on the Beach Boys
YouTube, - Salty Dog Blues The Bluegrass Champs
YouTube, - Kentucky Borderline Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent--One Step Ahead, Rounder - SEGMENT: Rhonda Vincent
Listen - End Bed: Tickled Pink Brandee Younger
Somewhere Different, Verve
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Femme L'a Dit Feufollet
Cow Island Hop, Valcour - Blues for Mama Nina Simone
Nina Simone Sings the Blues, RCA Victor - Bye Bye Blackbird Rickie Lee Jones
Pop Pop, Geffen - You're Not Alone Our Native Daughters
Our Native Daughters, Smithsonian Folkways - Instrumental: Gospel Trane Brandee Younger, Dezron Douglas
Force Majeure, International Anthem - SEGMENT: Allison Russell
Listen - Fixin' It Up Kelsey Waldon
The Goldmine Archives, Oh Boy Records - Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria
A Southern Gothic, Atlantic - Instrumental: Day is Done Terri Lynne Carrington, John Patitucci and Lewis Porter
Beauty and Mystery, Altrisuoni - Hard Times Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Unearthed, American - I'm Going Away Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten Sings Shake Sugaree, Smithsonian Folkways - Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Cliff Carlisle
Country's Most Wanted Hits, Goldenlane - Here Comes the Sun Richie Havens
Richie Havens Live at the Cellar Door, V.S.O.P. - End Bed: Springtime in Chicago Sun Ra
Sun Ra and his Arkestra--Supersonic Jazz, Enterplantetary Koncepts
