American Road Trip 2

American Road Trip 2

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Fire up the engine, we're hitting the highway on an American road trip! Perfect for authentic American travelogues and documentaries, this two-stop series is an auditory adventure that takes in the very best the States has to offer. Volume 2 takes in the Cajun and Creole culture of Louisiana, before hopping across to Florida and heading all the way up the East Coast to NYC via Carolina and the musical heartland of Tennessee. Our final stop is the Midwest, where we dive into the jazz, blues and funk of Chicago, Minneapolis and Detroit. Come along for the ride!

22 tracks57:09Released 03/03/2023

Songwriters and composers

Lee BakerJoss PeachJosephine PeachAndrew WilliamsAlexander William HaynesAlex AdamsonBarnaby DickinsonDavid JohnPaul SandronePaul RawsonOliver BriantMathew Keith WalklateMark RevellThomas GandeyBoydeChristopher James Harvey

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tracks

Get On The Road

Let's get on the road! Uplifting straight outta Detroit retro soul energy with female vocals, organs and percussion

2:11 · 143 BPM

Chicago Shuffle

Can you feel the Illinoise? Energetic, shufflin' Windy City blues with electric guitar and piano

2:05

Manhattan Avenue

All roads lead to New York. Uptempo Greenwich Village jazz piano trio with improv

2:20

Evangeline (My Cajun Queen)

Trad Cajun instrumental with energetic accordion and washboard percussion

3:37 · 207 BPM

Welcome To Miami

South Beach heat. Latin-style beats, brass, and keys – we're Miami ready

2:40 · 124 BPM

Smoky Mountain Hoedown

Time to hit the trail. Appalachian folk hoedown with banjo, mandolin, double bass and hand clap percussion

2:34 · 120 BPM

Nashville Stomp

Rolling into Music City. Country blues with slide guitar and shufflin' drums

1:59 · 170 BPM

Memphis Bop

Welcome to the birthplace of rock 'n' roll. Good times rockabilly with walking bass, sax, electric guitar and male vocal scat

1:58 · 85 BPM

Windy City Living

Smooth-as Chicago jazz with grooving bass, trumpet and sax

2:37 · 120 BPM

Down On The Keys

Takin' the road over the sea down to the Florida Keys. Feel-good retro Latin keys, percussion and upright bass for sunny days in Florida

2:00 · 185 BPM

Sundown In Brooklyn

Brownstone grooving. Laid-back NYC-style jazz with a tight hip-hop beat - guitar, sax, trumpet and rhodes

2:32 · 90 BPM

Cochon De Lait

A taste of Louisiana Creole culture. Energetic zydeco with accordion, guitar, bass and washboard percussion

2:46 · 213 BPM

Rocky Road To Boston

Uptempo Irish-American folk with harmonica, fiddle and banjo

2:00 · 135 BPM

Motor City Groovin'

Let's show Motown how to move. Retro groove with funky guitar and clavinet

1:42 · 114 BPM

Carolina Belle

All aboard the Belle, next stop: Charleston. Warm, positive South Carolina bluegrass with banjo, guitar, mandolin and walkin' bass

3:48 · 112 BPM

Purple City

80's-style Minneapolis funk with grooving bass, guitar and synth

2:17 · 120 BPM

Hey Hey, Mon Cher

Let's get outta here! Louisiana Cajun fun with banjo, washboard and accordion

2:43 · 130 BPM

Memphis Calling

Down on Beale Street. Retro rhythm & blues fun with brass and organ

2:50 · 122 BPM

Little Havana

Calle Ocho keys. Cuban-influenced Latin for exploring old-world Miami

2:45 · 150 BPM

Chicago Trax

Midnight on the Expressway. Flowing 80's-style Chicago house with pulsing synths and fidgety snare claps

4:20 · 118 BPM

Down By The Bayou

Moody swamp blues for Deep South road tripping

3:06 · 105 BPM

On Capitol Hill

Raising the flag of our forefathers. Noble orchestra full of American pride and patriotism

2:19 · 75 BPM