It’s a big week for Americana shows. We’ll hear some of the artists Twin Cities bound in the days to come, artists like American Aquarium, Shakey Graves, Allison Russell and more on this USofA. We also remembered country music legend John Anderson, who passed away last week at 71 years of age.

Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentlemen will be in the Twin Cities to play Palace Theatre on Friday. That’s a good reason to dig out some o Ryan’s music on this USofA. Plus, we’ll feature new sounds from The Animeros, Margo Cilker, Jess Williamson & Greg Freeman.

On this USofA we featured live sets from The Union with Phil Cook recorded in Eau Claire, Margo Price recorded at the Minnesota State Fair, Jess Williamson recorded at MPR’s UBS Forum. We also remembered John Prine, who would have turned 80 this weekend.

It’s National 10-4 Day on October 4th, as you might guess. A day to celebrate the citizen’s band radio, aka the CB. We celebrated with some truckin’ tunes on this USofA.

Johnny Blue Skies is in town tonight. The artist you may know as Sturgill Simpson is playing his biggest Twin Cities gig yet, He’ll be at Grand Casino Arena this evening. We featured a bunch of his songs ahead of the festivities on this USofA.

Kacey Musgraves is on tour and heading back to the Twin Cities to play Target Center on Sept 22, so we’ll celebrate with some of her music on this USofA!

Wednesday’s ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville also saw tributes to Dolly Parton, Todd Snider, Raul Malo, and Tom Petty.

Each year, the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community.

Pokey LaFarge just dropped his new album on Friday. Don’t worry it didn’t break! The is chalk full of retro grooves and sound a bit like a record recorded in about 1960 & that’s a good thing! We’ll hear a couple of tunes on this USofA!

On this United States of Americana, we remember Dolly. Dolly Parton died at age 80 last Tuesday. We will never forget her.