This Fourth of July, American Routes celebrates our nation's birthday
with two live concerts of all-American music from the French Quarter
in New Orleans. We'll stop by the Ponderosa Stomp, dedicated to the
"unsung heroes of rock 'n' roll" for a good dose of rockabilly, soul,
country and R&B classics, done by the originators themselves. Then
it's down the street to Preservation Hall, where bluegrass masters the
Del McCoury Band mix it up with the Crescent City's own purveyors of
traditional jazz, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. You'll never hear
bluegrass and jazz sound so good! So fire up the grill, pull out your
lawn chair, and turn up the radio for American Routes.

Airs: July 1 - July 8, 2009

For a list of stations airing American Routes, visit
http://americanroutes.publicradio.org/

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