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Reimagining Kentucky Country Music & New Orleans Jazz with Kelsey Waldon and Aurora Nealand Reimagining Kentucky Country Music & New Orleans Jazz with Kelsey Waldon and Aurora Nealand March 22nd, 2023 (Hour 1)
Reimagining Kentucky Country Music & New Orleans Jazz with Kelsey Waldon and Aurora Nealand

Country singer Kelsey Waldon grew up in the Ohio River bottoms of Ballard County Kentucky-a place called “Monkey’s Eyebrow” where her family has farmed for generations. She tells us about her journey as a songwriter, and her friendship with another hero of Kentucky, John Prine. Then a live set of New Orleans jazz and its Caribbean cousins with the widely acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Aurora Nealand and her quartet at Artisound Studios in New Orleans 9th Ward.

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RICHARD THOMPSON & ZACHARY RICHARD

March 11th, 2015

This week on American Routes, we’ll talk to folk rocker songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson. An advocate for British lyric and music tradition in new settings with refashioned traditional songs and stories, Thompson evolved from playing in the seminal folk-rock band, Fairport Convention, to his present day role as an in-demand guitarist and songwriter. Then we’ll visit with accordion-man Zachary Richard about growing up in French-speaking south Louisiana but needing to go to France and Quebec to realize the significance of the Cajun culture into which he was born.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Salford Sunday Richard Thompson
    Electric, Beeswing
  • Come All Ye Fairport Convention
    Liege and Lief, Island
  • Sur le Point de Lyon Beausoleil with Richard Thompson
    Bayou Deluxe, Rhino
  • On Top of Old Smoky Roscoe Holcomb
    The High Lonesome Sound, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Forbidden Lovers Lefty Frizzell
    Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia
  • Instrumental: On Top of Old Smokey Grant Green
    Goin' West, Blue Note
  • Lovin' Up a Storm Jerry Lee Lewis
    The London Sessions, Charly
  • Sittin' On top of the World Howlin Wolf
    The London Sessions, MCA
  • Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan
    The Singles Anthology, CMETD
  • SEGMENT Richard Thompson

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  • Instrumental: Sunset Song Richard Thompson
    Sweet Warrior, Beeswing
  • Wreck of the Carlos Rey Los Lobos
    The Ride, Hollywood
  • Handsome Molly Mick Jagger
    Wandering Spirit, Atlantic
  • Dimming of the Day Bonnie Raitt
    The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003, Capitol
  • 1952 Vincent Black Lightning The Del McCoury Band
    Del and The Boys, Ceili
  • End Bed: Take Care the Road You Choose Richard Thompson
    Sweet Warrior, Beeswing

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Laisse le vent souffler Zachary Richard
    Le Fou, Avalanche
  • Sweet Sweet Zachary Richard
    Le Fou, Avalanche
  • J'ai vu le loup le renard et la belette Balfa Brothers
    J'ai vu le loup le renard et la belette, Rounder
  • Acadian Driftwood The Band
    Northern Lights - Southern Cross, Capitol
  • Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • No French No More Zachary Richard
    Women in the Room, A&M
  • Les Flammes d'Enfer Richard Thompson
    Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, Vanguard
  • Instrumental: Acadian Two-Step Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT Zachary Richard

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  • Let the Four Winds Blow Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • Femme l'a Dit FeuFollet
    Cow Island Hop, Valcour
  • Instrumental: Frog Legs Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • Rosa Majeur Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
    Zydeco, GNP Crescendo
  • Sweet Little Doll (Cher Catin) Clifton Chenier
    Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
  • Bon Soir Moreau Canray Fontenot
    Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style, Arhoolie
  • I Got Loaded The Wood Brothers
    The Muse, Southern Ground
  • End Bed: Cow Island Hop FeuFollet
    Cow Island Hop, Valcour

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