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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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WHAT'S COOL?

November 11th, 2009

American Routes poses the question: “What is cool?” A style, a state of mind, the perfect horn riff, just chillin’? Some guests from the past offer their answers, including Merle Haggard, Yo La Tengo, McCoy Tyner, T-Bone Burnett and Ray Charles. All backed up, of course, by our “cool” music mix.

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HOUR ONE

  • Fever The Three Suns
    Cocktail Mix, Vol.1: Bachelor’s Guide To The Galaxy, Rhino
  • But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr.
    Sin & Soul… And Then Some, Sony
  • What's Cool? Mose Allison
  • The 7th Son Mose Allison
    Alison Wonderland: The Mose Allison Anthology, Rhino
  • I'm a Woman Peggy Lee
    The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol
  • What's Cool? listener Bruce Hirsch
  • Rocket 69 Todd Rhodes & Orchestra
    Risque Rhythm Nasty ‘50s R&B, Rhino
  • Cool, Cool Ways (Sexy Ways) Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic, Bear Family
  • What's Cool? Merle Haggard
  • The Bottle Let Me Down Merle Haggard
  • Instrumental: Movin' Bill Black's Combo
    The Best of Bill Black’s Combo: The Hi Years, Hi
  • What's Cool? Jack Johnson
  • Have Mercy Baby Jelly Roll Kings
    Rockin’ the Juke Joint Down, Earwig
  • 'Til The Money Runs Out John Hammond Jr.
    Wicked Grin, PointBlank
  • Instrumental: You Name It Memphis Slim
    The Folkways Years 1959-1973, Folkways
  • What's Cool? John Hammond Jr.
  • Hit That Jive Jack King Cole Trio
    An Introduction to Nat King Cole 1936-1947, Best of Jazz
  • SEGMENT: What's Cool? Don Byron & John Sinclair

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  • All Blues Miles Davis
    Kind of Blue, Columbia
  • What's Cool? Ray Charles
  • Catch a Falling Star Perry Como
    Pure Gold, RCA
  • This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul, Rhino
  • Sit Down Servant The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama
    The Sermon, Specialty
  • What's Cool? The Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Run On The Blind Boys of Alabama
    Spirit of the Century, RealWorld

HOUR two

  • Hansel and Pretzel Henri Rene & His Orchestra
    Cocktail Mix, Vol.1: Bachelor's Guide To The Galaxy, Rhino
  • Cool Jerk The Capitols
    Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino
  • Cool Del Close & John Brent
    Beat Generation, Rhino
  • Reaching Into In Ken Nordine
    The Best of Word Jazz, Vol.1, Rhino
  • What's Cool? Yo La Tengo
  • One PM Again Yo La Tengo
    And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, Matador
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street Willie Nelson
    Stardust, Sony
  • What's Cool? Willie Nelson
  • But Not for Me Chet Baker
    Best of Chet Baker Sings, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Water No Get Enemy Fela Kuti
    The Best Best of, MCA
  • SEGMENT: : Robert Farris Thompson, Yale professor of African and African-American Art History

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  • Que Lindo el Mambo Tito Puente
    Mambo Cubano: The Golden Age of Cuban Music 1940-1960, Proper
  • What's Cool? Jim Jarmusch
  • He's Funny That Way Lester Young w/ Billie Holiday
    Ken Burns Jazz: Lester Young, Verve
  • What's Cool? McCoy Tyner
  • Blues Back McCoy Tyner
    Reaching Fourth, Impulse
  • Instrumental: Splat James Taylor Quartet
    Message From The Godfather, Ubiquity
  • What's Cool? Bob Moog
  • Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder
    Original Musiquarium, Motown
  • I've Got Love if You Want It Slim Harpo
    The Best Of, Hip-O
  • Hip Shake Rolling Stones
    Exile On Main St., Virgin
  • What's Cool? listener Don Johnson
  • What's Cool? T Bone Burnette
  • I'll Fly Away Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss
    Down From The Mountain, Lost Highway
  • The Wondering Texan Biller & Wakefield
    The Hot Guitars of Biller & Wakefield, High Tone

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