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Former President Donald Trump's onetime top adviser surrendered to federal authorities Monday. Bannon was indicted last week for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

In the nation’s capital, there’s a homegrown beat you can hear all over town, from clubs to street corners to booming car stereos. The man who started it is our guest, the late Chuck Brown. He was the Godfather of Go-Go, that combination of Latin percussion, soulful horns, and guitar funk. Chuck blended it all to create his groove, with good helpings of jazz and gospel inspiration, what he called “a sound for the town.” And fronting that sound was his distinctive voice. I asked Chuck how he found his voice and his way to music.

This is American Routes Live with Don Vappie and friends. Don is from a New Orleans Creole family and is a studied purveyor of jazz banjo. He knows much about the history of the music and the instrument, going back to origins in West Africa. I asked Don about New Orleans banjo players.

This is an encore presentation of our special program from 1999, dedicated to the late Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia's birthday falls on August 1, and he passed on August 9, 1995. Garcia was one of the transcendent, eclectic American musicians of this century and was able to creatively fuse and renew the blues, country, and jazz. On this special program, we'll dig into the roots and branches of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead's music.

This is American Routes Live with Don Vappie and friends. Don is from a New Orleans Creole family and is a studied purveyor of jazz banjo. He knows much about the history of the music and the instrument, going back to origins in West Africa. I asked Don about New Orleans banjo players.

Hurricane Rita came ashore just three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, killing seven people directly and over a hundred more in the evacuation and in the…

General Motors CEO Mary Barra faced another grueling hearing on Capitol Hill, two weeks after a critical internal report blasted the company's handling of defective ignition switches as incompetent. GM has recalled 20 million vehicles already this year and has set aside $700 million to cover repairs related to the recall.