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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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August 6th, 2008

It’s summertime and the living’s easy. Jump in as we hit the road in search of new faces and places. Head north out of New Orleans, across Lake Pontchartrain, to the Abita Mystery House at UCM Museum in Abita Springs. And much further north, to the Musical Wonder House in Wiscasset, Maine. Plus, a refreshing visit to a local New Orleans favorite, Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, servin’ up the best sno-cones you’ve ever tasted.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Motorin' Along Jimmy Smith
    Home Cookin', Blue Note
  • Roamin' Blues Louis Jordan
    Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954, Bear Family
  • Motorhead Baby Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
    Gangster of Love, King Masters
  • Looking at the World Thru a Windshield Del Reeves
    On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits, Deluxe
  • Oooh Las Vegas Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris
    The Complete Reprise Sessions, Rhino
  • CC Rider (Undubbed) Charlie Rich
    Lonely Weekends: The Best of the Sun Years, AVI
  • Old Black Mattie Junior Kimbrough
    Sad Days, Lonely Nights, Fat Possum
  • Instrumental: Wilson Rag Elizabeth Cotton
    Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes, Folkways
  • Key to Highway Warner Williams w/Jay Summerour
    Blues Highway, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Motorpsycho Nitemare Bob Dylan
    Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister? Hank Thompson
    Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys, Bear Family
  • Can I Sleep in Your Arms Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
  • Tomorrow is a Long Time Nickel Creek
    Why Should the Fire Die?, Sugar Hill
  • Instrumental: Stars and Stripes
    Regina Drum Table Music Box Vol.2, Musical Wonder House
  • SEGMENT: Musical Wonder House in Maine

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  • Summer Song Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong
    Vocal Encounters, Columbia/Legacy

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: In The Good Old Summertime George Lewis
    Classic New Orleans Jazz Vol.1, Biograph
  • Down the Road a Piece Amos Milburn
    Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: 1946-1956, Capitol
  • House of Blue Lights Merrill Moore
    Boogie My Blues Away, Bear Family
  • Across the Alley from the Alamo The Mills Brothers
    The Best of the Decca Years, MCA
  • Across the Alley from the Alamo Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 4, Edsel
  • Home in San Antone Johnny Bush
    Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar - Country, Vol. 2, Rhino
  • Travelin' Blues Dave Brubeck and Carmen McRae
    Vocal Encounters, Columbia/Legacy
  • Motorin' Along Jimmy Smith
    Home Cookin', Blue Note
  • Instrumental: Promised Land Mose Allison
    Back Country Suite, Prestige
  • SEGMENT: UCM Museum in Louisiana

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  • Gotta Travel On Jerry Lee Lewis w/Linda Gail Lewis
    The Locust Years and the Return to the Promised Land, Bear Family
  • Born to Be Wild Wilson Pickett
    Blues & Soul Power, Warner UK
  • Route 90 Clarence Garlow
    Texas Rhythm and Blues, Ace
  • Instrumental: High Society George Lewis
    Ice Cream, Delmark
  • SEGMENT: Hansen's Sno-Bliz in New Orleans

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  • I Scream, You Scream Mahogany Brass Band
    Best of the Brass Bands, Sound of New Orleans
  • Summertime Sam Cooke
    The Best of Sam Cooke, RCA/Legacy
  • Basin Street Blues Peggy Lee
    Blues Cross Country, Capitol Jazz
  • End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
    American Routes original recording,

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