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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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WINTER - GILLIAN WELCH

January 6th, 1999

Walking in a winter wonderland and coming in from the cold with nouveau old-time singer/songwriter Gillian Welch and her musical partner David Rawlings. Also music to warm the frigid air from Bob Marley, Simon & Garfunkel, and monster blues guitarist Albert Collins. And learn to call Maine moose with the best of them!

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: A Hazy Shade of Winter Simon & Garfunkel
    Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy
  • Slippin and a Slidin Buddy Holly
    A Rock & Roll Collection, Decca
  • Cold, Cold Heart Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington, Verve
  • Snowed In Albert Collins
    Frostbite, Alligator
  • Instrumental: All Smiles Tonight The Norskedalen Trio
    Deep Polka, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Red-Headed Swede The Skål Club Spelmanslag
    The Mississippi River of Song, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Pauline (Pa Janvier) Beausoleil
    Michael Doucet Dit Beausoleil, Swallow
  • Listen, The Snow Is Falling Galaxie 500
    The Portable Galaxie 500, Ryko
  • Instrumental: Feelin' Bad Blues Ry Cooder
    Music By Ry Cooder, Warner Brothers
  • INTERVIEW: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  • Winter's Come and Gone Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    Live,
  • Gold Watch & Chain Ralph Stanley & Gillian Welch
    Clinch Mountain Country, Rebel
  • My Morphine Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    Live,
  • Snowball Louis Armstrong
    The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA / Victor
  • Blackberry Winter Keith Jarrett
    Keith Jarrett, GRP
  • California Dreaming Bobby Womack
    Why Do Fools Fall In Love Soundtrack, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Long Shadows Meredith Monk
    Facing North, ECM
  • Rain & Snow Pentangle
    A Maid That's Deep In Love, Shanachie
  • Footprints in the Snow Bill Monroe
    The Early Years, Vanguard
  • The Snow is Falling Ray Charles
    The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn
  • Storm Windows John Prine
    Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, Rhino
  • Cold Brains Beck
    Mutations, DGC
  • Coming In From the Cold Bob Marley
    Uprising, Tuff Gong
  • Instrumental: Revelation Dub Lee Perry & the Upsetters
    Arkology, Island
  • Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Blind Willie Johnson
    The Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Columbia/Legacy
  • Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Hot Tuna
    First Pull Up Then Pull Down, RCA
  • Moose calling from Greenville, Maine
  • Abominable Snowman INTERVIEW: Stan Freberg
    The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows, Capitol
  • Abominable Snowman in the Market Jonathan Richman
    The Best of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Rhino
  • Instrumental: River Kwai March Malcolm Arnold
    The Bridge on the River Kwai, Legacy/Columbia
  • Eight of January Tony Rice
    Tony Rice, Rounder
  • Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton
    Greatest Hits, Columbia
  • In the Tradition Jason Marsalis
    The Year of the Drummer, Basin St.
  • Hu-Ta-Nay Donald Harrison Jr.
    Indian Blues, Candid
  • End Bed: Walkin' Home Donald Harrison
    Indian Blues, Candid

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