I featured a bunch of new Americana on this USofA. We heard songs from Kevin Morby, Ken Yates. Wynonna and Waxahatchee together & Amanda Shires, who’ll release a new album in July.

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

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

Tribute to Peter Ostroushko; A Mandolin, Fiddle & Guitar Concert feat.

Richard Kriehn, Dean Magraw & their All-Star Friends

Antonello Hall @ MacPhail Ctr, Mpls/ Sunday 2pm / FREE/

Paul Thorn - Fri 6/10 - Dakota

Mary Bue / Maygen & the Birdwatcher / Superior Siren - Fri 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 Club

Gordon Lightfoot - 6/20 - State Theatre

The Brothers Landreth - 6/21 - The Dakota 

Meat Puppets - 6/23 - Turf Club

Sarah Shook / Joshua Ray Walker - 6/23 - Fine Line 

Pure Prairie League - Thurs 6/23 - The Dakota

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 CampGround,  Eau Claire, WI  

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

Brandy Clark - 6/25 - The Dakota 

Corb Lund - 6/28 - 7th St Entry

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

Trampled By Turtles / Jenny Lewis - 7/9 - Bayfront Festival Park

Rosie Flores - 7/10 - 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

PineGrove - 7/28 - First Avenue

American Aquarium - 7/29 - Amsterdam

Brandi Carlile - 7/30 - Xcel Energy Center

The Iguanas - 7/31 - Hook and Ladder

Fleet Foxes - 8/2 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

The Steel Wheels - Thurs 8/4 - Dakota

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

Pokey LaFarge - 8/5 - The Dakota

Billy Strings - 8/5 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

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  

Lord Huron - 8/12 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

Murder By Death / Amigo the Devil / Samantha Crain - 8/12 - First Avenue

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

River Whyless - 8/20 - 7th St. Entry

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

Little Feat - 10/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre

Calexico - 10/10 - Fine Line

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

The Outlaws / Firefall - Sat 11/19 - Medina Ent. Ctr

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