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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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MOTHER'S DAY

May 5th, 1999

A tribute to Mother in music—with aural postcards to Mom from young zydeco star Geno Delafose, piano queen Marcia Ball and public radio goddess Cokie Roberts. Also music from Sly & the Family Stone, John Lennon, Willie Nelson and Ella Fitzgerald.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mother in Law Ernie K-Doe
    The Minit Records Story, EMI
  • Lady Be Good Ella Fitzgerald
    The Very Best of Ella, Decca
  • Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys Willie Nelson
    Super Hits Vol. 2, Columbia
  • Mama Didn't Lie Jan Bradley
    Chess Soul - a Decade of Chicago's Finest, Chess/MCA
  • SEGMENT: Cokie Roberts
  • Everyday is Mother's Day Wayne Toups
    Johnnie Can't Dance, Mercury
  • My Mammy Al Jolson
    Star Spangled Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • My Sweet Django Reinhardt w/the Quintet of the Hot Club of France
    Souvenirs, London
  • Instrumental: Ticklin' the Strings Mena Moeria Minstrels
    Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, Arhoolie
  • If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again The Staples Singers
    Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy
  • I Have An Aged Mother Carter Family
    Worried Man Blues, Rounder
  • Mama Tried Merle Haggard
    Greatest Hits Volume 1, Curb
  • I'm a Woman Maria Muldaur
    Waitress in the Donut Shop, Reprise
  • Respect Aretha Franklin
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • Lady is a Tramp Lena Horne
    Lena Horne, Fat Boy Records
  • She's No Lady Lyle Lovett
    Pontiac, MCA/Curb
  • Instrumental: Wedding Day Waltz Geno Delafose
    French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Geno Delafose
  • C'est pas la peine brailler (There's No Need To Cry) Geno Delafose
    French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder
  • Tell Mama Etta James
    Her Best, MCA/Chess
  • Mama Feelgood Lyn Collins & the JBs
    James Brown's Funky, Polydor

HOUR two

  • Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
    Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-35, Yazoo
  • Mama Don't Allow No Music Doc Watson
    Memories, Sugar Hill
  • Mama Don't Want No Peas 'n' Rice 'n' Coconut Oil Count Basie
    Volume 6 - 1938, Média 7
  • Mama Told me Not to Come Randy Newman
    12 Songs, Warner Brothers
  • That's All Right Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
    That's All Right Mama, RCA
  • SEGMENT: Marcia Ball
  • The Right Tool For the Job Marcia Ball
    Let Me Play With Your Poodle, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Blue Moon Revisited Cowboy Junkies
    The Trinity Session, RCA
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Marion Williams
    Strong Again, Spirit Feel
  • Motherless Children Blind Willie
    The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy
  • Mother John Lennon
    Shaved Fish, Capitol
  • Mother Ulali
    Heartbeat - Voices of First Nations Women, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown
    Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • Mama's Got a Girlfriend Ben Harper
    Welcome to the Cruel World, Virgin
  • Instrumental: Whitewater Bela Fleck
  • Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel
    Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy
  • Mama's Opry Iris Dement
    Infamous Angel, Warner Brothers
  • Mother Earth Memphis Slim
    The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook, MCA/Chess
  • Family Affair Sly & the Family Stone
    Anthology, Epic
  • End Bed: Play It Momma Mary Lou Williams
    Zoning, Smithsonian Folkways

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