National Heritage Fellows 2019
American Routes celebrates this holiday weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows Concert in Washington DC. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It's America's highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This year's fellows include Texas ranchera elders Las Tesoros de San Antonio, Basque accordionist Dan Ansotegui, Malian balafon player Balla Kouyate, African American storyteller Linda Goss, Wyoming leatherworker James F. Jackson, Spanish colcha embroiderer Josephine Lobato, decoy carver Rich Smoker, Crow storyteller Grant Bulltail and Tennessee folklorist and state parks manager Bob Fulcher. Plus fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Doc Watson, Wanda Jackson, and the Holmes Brothers.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Balla Kouyate Open Balla Kouyate American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Wang Dang Doodle Koko Taylor Deluxe Edition, Alligator
Why I Sing the Blues B.B. King Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early Classics, Virgin
SEGMENT: Chuck Brown
Caso Perdido Beatriz Lamas of Las Tesoros de San Antonio American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Te Vas a Repentir Blanquita Rodriguez of Las Tesoros de San Antonio American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Instrumental: Getting Up the Stairs Joseph Decosimo American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Down in Virginia The Holmes Brothers Soul Street , Rounder
SEGMENT: Wanda Jackson
All Night Long Blues Bob Fulcher & Clyde Davenport At Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival 1993, Appalshop
SEGMENT: Bob Fulcher
Ol Bangum Dan Hicks American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
SEGMENT: Rich Smoker
Instrumental: Down by the Riverside George Lewis Band Jazz at Preservation Hall” The George Lewis Band of New Orleans, Atlantic
London Canal Breakdown Dr. Michael White Blue Crescent, Basin Street
Top Cat Mambo Ellie Mannette and His Invaders The Champions of Steelband in Trinidad, Cook
Descarga Maso Edwin Colon Zayas Homenaje a Los Maestros del Cuatro, vol, 1 , self-published
On-Stage Performance The Maryland and Delaware Singing and Praying Bands American Routes recording from the 2014 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Calico Blues Linda Goss American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Closing bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Michael White Blue Crescent , Basin Street
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Idumea David Ivey American Routes recording from the 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
I Wonder Where You are Tonight Mac Wiseman, Del McCoury & Doc Watson Mac, Doc & Del , Sugar Hill
Better Days Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Folkways
People Get Ready Shirley Caesar Vintage Gospel, Sonorous Gospel
SEGMENT: Mavis Staples
Long Walk to DC The Staples Singers The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 2 '68-'71, Stax/Volt
SEGMENT: Grant Bulltail
Instrumental: Zortzikoa Dan Ansotegui American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Debukatuta Jota Dan Ansotegui American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Historia Dan Ansotegui American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Neue Sher Dave Tarras Freilach in Hi-Fi: Jewish Wedding Dances Vol. 1 , Essential Media Group
Pretzels Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones Award Winning Polkas, Bel-Aire Records
La Porte Dans Arriere (The Back Door) Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & DL Menard En Bas Du Chene Vert, Arhoolie
SEGMENT: Josephine Lobato
SEGMENT: James F. Jackson
Instrumental: Doudou Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate Ali and Toumani , World Circuit
Opihi Moe Moe Ledward Kaapana American Routes recording at the 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Kalama`ula Ledward Kaapana American Routes recording at the 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Sundiata Balla Kouyate American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Kouyate Fasa Balla Kouyate American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,
Closing Bed: Grand Finale Balla Kouyate American Routes recording from the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Concert,