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Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs August 10th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs

We listen for poetry in music and music in poetry, songs as poems and poems as songs with Langston Hughes, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Nordine. Plus, a visit to New York’s City Lore with poet-folklorist Steve Zeitlin, who rides the POEMobile to the People’s Poetry Gathering and then back to New Orleans to meet Louisiana’s poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy.

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SECOND LINES AND BLACK POTS: AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE IN LOUISIANA

February 10th, 2010

Come stir the pot with American Routes as we bring you a sampling of great live music from our home state: Louisiana. First we’ll stop by the soon to be legendary BlackPot Festival in Lafayette for some new flavors of Cajun and Creole tunes, as well as some old favorites by special guests. Then we’ll walk through the streets of New Orleans with the Prince of Wales Social Aid and Pleasure Club during their annual second line parade.

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • '73 Special Bonsoir Catin
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Tout Les Temps en Temps Horace Trahan
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Chere Ici Chere La Bas Hadley Castile
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • La Valse de Prison Jesse Lege
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Instrumental: Bourbon Street Parade The Young Tuxedo Brass Band
    Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic
  • My Indian Red Baby Dodds Trio with Danny Barker
    Jazz a'la Creole, GHB
  • Meet de Boys on the Battlefront Wild Tchoupitoulas
    New Orleans Party Classics, Rhino
  • New Suit Wild Magnolias
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardis Gras
  • SEGMENT: Bo Dollis and Quint Davis

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  • Winin' Boy Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Dr. John
    Preservation, Sony Red
  • Ja-Ki-Mo-Fi-Na-Hay Donald Harrison & Dr. John
    Indian Blue, Camden
  • Instrumental: Boozoo's Trail Ride Breakdown Boozoo Chavis
    Zydeco Trail Ride, Maison de Soul
  • Diggy Lo Hadley Castile
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Les Flames d'Enfer Pine Leaf Boys
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Joe Avery's Piece The Young Tuxedo Brass Band
    Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic
  • Going Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers
    Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty
  • Go to the Mardi Gras Professor Longhair
    Mardi Gras Essentials, Hip-O
  • Street Parade Earl King
    Mardi Gras in New Orleans, MG Records
  • Tootie Ma is a Big Fine Thing Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Tom Waits
    Preservation, Sony Red
  • SEGMENT: Prince of Wales Social Aid and Pleasure Club

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  • Instrumental: Coconut Milk Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias
    I'm Back…At Carnival Time, Rounder
  • Little Short Dress Pine Leaf Boys
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Walking with Freddie Little Freddie King
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • I Got Mine Red Stick Ramblers
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Instrumental: Creole Stomp/La. Aces Special Horace Trahan
    Ossun Blues, Swallow
  • Bosco Stomp Lost Bayou Ramblers
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • La Bayou Perdu Special Lost Bayou Ramblers
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,
  • Coming Back Home Horace Trahan
    Live from the BlackPot Festival 2009,

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