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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE STORM
It has been five years since Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the Federal levee system in New Orleans, and we speak with local activists, musicians and residents to gauge the progress of recovery in the city and region. Rebirth Brass Band’s Derrick Tabb talks about his after-school program “The Roots of Music;” we visit the Musician’s Village in the 9th Ward to meet drummer Smokey Johnson; then head out into the bayous with blues guitarist Tab Benoit to talk about his work to save the wetlands. Also, conversation with Eric Overmyer and Lolis Eric Elie from HBO’s “Treme,” and commentary from New Orleanian James Carville on the importance of the culture of the city.
HOUR ONE
- It Ain't My Fault Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
New Orleans: Rebuild, Restore, Rejoice, Mardi Gras - Goin Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honey Drippers
Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty - No Place Like Home Soul Rebels feat. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
No Place Like Home, self-published - CLIP: Irma Thomas
Listen - Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas
Time Is On My Side - The Best Of Irma Thomas Vol. 1, EMI/ Minit - SEGMENT: Smokey Johnson and Helen Gillet at the Musicians' Village
Listen - It Ain't My Fault Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty
Gulf Aid AllStars, Preservation Hall - Instrumental: Wade in the Water Little Sonny
Essential Blues Harmonica, House of Blues - SEGMENT: Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes
Listen - Didn't It Rain Mahalia Jackson
The Essential Mahalia Jackson, Sony - People in the City Irvin Mayfield with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
American Routes Original Recording, - Instrumental: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder - Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1, Nonesuch - CLIP: James Carville
Listen - I Will Return (Je Vas Revenir) Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
Play the Zydeco , GNP - When the Saints Go Marching In Jimmy Smith
Prayer Meetin' , Blue Note
HOUR two
- Blue Drag Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch - To The River Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family - Wade in the River Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
New Orleans: Rebuild, Restore, Rejoice, Mardi Gras - CLIP: Dr. John
Listen - Walking to New Orleans Dr. John with the New Orleans Social Club
Sing Me Back Home, Sony BMG - Bayou Breeze The Voice of the Wetlands' All-Stars
VOW: Voice of the Wetlands, Ryko - SEGMENT: Tab Benoit
Listen - Instrumental: Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis
Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest, MCA/ Chess - Tou' les jours c'est pas la meme Carol Fran
Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album, Nonesuch - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album, Nonesuch - SEGMENT: Eric Overmyer and Lolis Eric Elie from the HBO series Treme
Listen - Instrumental: Light the Way Craig Klein
New Orleans Trombonists, Rugalator - SEGMENT: Derrick Tabb and the Roots of Music
Listen - Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint
Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album, Nonesuch - St. Charles Street Parade Wardell Quezergue
After the Math: The St. Agnes Sessions, Jazz Foundation of America
