National Heritage Fellows 2020
American Routes celebrates this Thanksgiving weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows. 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 soul singer and songwriter William Bell, Armenian folk and liturgical singer Onnik Dinkjian, West African diasporic dancers Zakarya and Naomi Diouf, Iroquois raised beadworker Karen Ann Hoffman, traditional religious dancers Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de Ladrillera, founder of Radio Bilingue, Hugo Morales, old-time fiddler and banjo player John Morris, Anishinaabe birchbark canoe builder Wayne Valliere and Nueva Cancion singer and songwriter Suni Paz. Plus Fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Ralph Stanley, Michael Doucet, Wanda Jackson, Doc Watson, Carol Fran, Flaco Jimenez, Andy Statman and Dr. Michael White.
HOUR ONE
Open bed: Stealing Time Eddie Pennington Walks the Strings... and Even Sings , Folkways
I'll Take You There The Staple Singers The Muscle Shoals Sound , Rhino
Better Day Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing , Folkways
Worried Blues Doc Watson Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection , Sugar Hill
Clip: Ralph Stanley
Rank Stranger Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Classic Bluegrass , Rebel
Parlez-Nous à Boire (Speak to Us of Drinking) Beausoleil Parlez-Nous à Boire & More , Arhoolie
Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis Boozoo Chavis , Electra Nonesuch
Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker Railroad Bill, Cello
Segment: William Bell
Hard Headed Woman Wanda Jackson Vintage Collection , Capitol
Everyday Is Not the Same Carol Fran Live at the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
Instrumental: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Charlie Haden and Hank Jones Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs , Verve
Segment: Karen Ann Hoffman
Segment: Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de la Ladrillera
Segment: Onnik Dinkjian
End Bed: A Brighter Day Andy Statman Old Brooklyn, Shefa
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Balaju Los Pregoneros del Puerto Music of Veracruz-- Los Pregoneros del Puerto , Rounder
Segment: Suni Paz
Segment: Wayne Valliere
Instrumental: Thanksgiving Hawk Henries Keeping the Fire: Eastern Woodlands Flute , self-released
Clip: Elaine Hoffman Watts
Shtetl Ias Elaine Hoffman Watts I Remember Klezmer , self-published
Love's Gonna Live Here Again Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones All American Country Flavored Polkas, Bel-Aire
El Cihualteco Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano Canciones De Siempre , Peer Music
Segment: Hugo Morales
Segment: John Morris
Instrumental: Nui Papa Ledward Kaapana Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar , Dancing Cat
Segment: Dr. Zakarya and Naomi Diouf
Clip: Dr. Michael White
Shake It and Break It (The Weary Blues) Dr. Michael White Crescent City Serenade , Antilles
Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker Serves You Right to Suffer , MCA
This Land is Your Land Flaco Jimenez, the Paschall Brothers & Andy Statman Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
Closing Bed: Jam session from the stage Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,