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Block Rockin' Weekend edition

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by Bill DeVille

May 30, 2022

It’s a Block Rockin’ Weekend edition of United States of Americana, featuring three-song sets by your favorite Americana artists.

Program playlist, hour 1

Program playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

Stringdusters / Leftover Salmon / Useful Jenkins etc - Harmony Park, Lake Geneva, MN - 5/27 - 5/29

Orville Peck / The Nude Party - 6/4 & 6/5 - First Avenue

Paul Thorn - 6/10 - Dakota

Mary Bue / Maygen & the Birdwatcher / Superior Siren - 6/10 - Parkway Theater

Turnpike Troubadors / Steve Earle and the Dukes / Old 97’s - 6/11 - Waite Park, MN

High Hawks - 6/12 - Hook and Ladder

Ben Nichols - 6/12 - Fine Line

Bob Log III - 6/12 - Turf Clap

Meat Puppets - 6/23 - Turf Club

Sarah Shook / Joshua Ray Walker - 6/23 - Turf Club

Blue Ox Festival - feat. Pert Near Sandstone / Punch Brothers / Old Crow Medicine Show / Samantha Fish / Joseph / Paul Cauthen / Cedric Burnside / Them Coulee Boys etc. - 6/23-25 - Whispering Pines Camp Ground,  Eau Claire, WI  

Wayne Hancock / Becky Kapell - 6/24 - Hook and Ladder

Brandy Clark - 6/25 - The Dakota 

Meat Puppets - 6/29 - 7th St. Entry

Gear Daddies - 6/29 - Rhythm on the Rails in downtown Shakopee, MN 

Eilen Jewell / Molly Maher - 6/30 Hook & Ladder

Aaron Lee Tasjan - 7/2 - Parkway Theatre

Them Coulee Boys / Barbaro - Fri 7/8 - Turf

Savannah Conley - 7/21 - 7th St. Entry

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - 7/23 - State Theatre

John Hiatt & the Goners feat. Sonny Landreth / Buddy Guy - 7/24 - Mystic Lake

Brandi Carlile - 7/30 - Xcel Energy Center

The Steel Wheels - Thurs 8/4 - Dakota

Madison Cunningham / Bendigo Fletcher -  Thurs 8/4 - Fine Line

Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas - Sat 8/6 - The Cedar

The Dead South / The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Tejon Street Corner Thieves - 8/8 - Palace Theatre  

Jamey Johnson - Sat 8/13 - Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato

Neko Case - 9/1 - First Avenue 

Yola - 9/9 - First Avenue

John Craigie / Maya de Vitry - Wed 9/14 - The Cedar

American Aquarium - 9/22 - Fine Line

Marlon Williams - 9/22 - Turf Club

Jamestown Revival - Friday -  9/30 - Fine Line

Calexico - 10/10 - Fine Line

Daniel Romano's Outfit / Carson McHone - 10/26 - 7th St Entry 

Residencies

Roe Family Singers (early) Matt Arthur & Friends (late) - Mondays - 331 Bar

The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs - Thursday’s - Palmer’s Bar

Mary Cutrufello & Trevor McSpadden - Tuesdays - White Squirrel Bar, St Paul (Early shows, 6pm)

St. Dominic's Trio - Tuesdays - Driftwood, Minneapolis