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Great duos in Americana Music

(L-R) Bonnie Raitt and John Prine perform onstage during the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 11, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.
(L-R) Bonnie Raitt and John Prine perform onstage during the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 11, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.Terry Wyatt/Getty Images
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by Bill DeVille

September 18, 2022

George Jones and Tammy Wynette. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Bonnie Raitt and John Prine.

This week on the US of A, I spotlight some iconic duos in Americana music as well as some newer and emerging ones, like the local duo Trevor McSpadden and Mary Cutrufello.

Program playlist, hour 1

Program playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

Dead Horses - Sunday 9/18 - Turf Club

Dale Watson & His Lone-Stars - Sunday 9/18 - Hook And Ladder (Under the Canopy)

American Aquarium - 9/22 - Fine Line

Marlon Williams - 9/22 - Turf Club

The Foxgloves Album Release / Maygen and the Birdwatcher / Luke LeBlanc - 9/23 - The Hook and Ladder 

Lucinda Williams - 9/23 - Paramount Theater - Austin, MN

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Sat 9/24 - First Avenue

Marcus King - 9/25 - Palace Theater  

Useful Jenkins / Joe Dunn - 9/29 - Hook and Ladder (Under the Canopy)

Jamestown Revival - Friday -  9/30 - Fine Line

The Deslondes / Jack Klatt - 10/1 - Turf CLub

Zach Bryan / Charles Wesley Godwin - Sunday 10/2 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

Little Feat - Sunday 10/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre

SG Goodman - 10/5 - Turf Club

Mapache - 10/6 - 7th St. Entry

The Heavy Heavy - 10/7 - 7th St. Entry

Chris Stapleton / Morgan Wade / Elle King - 10/7 - Xcel Energy Center 

Kelsey Waldon - 10/8 - Turf CLub 

Calexico - 10/10 - Fine Line

Waco Brothers - 10/14 - The Cedar

The Lowest Pair - 10/15 - The Cedar

The Weight Band (Tribute to The Band) - 10/20 - The Dakota

Jake La Botz - 10/21 - Hook and Ladder

Maren Morris - 10/21 - The Armory

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

Luke LeBlanc Album Release  - 10/28 - Icehouse 

Margo Cilker - 10/28 - Turf Club

Dylan Hicks and Small Screens Release Show / Aby Wolf & Eric Mayson - 10/29 - The Cedar 

Kevin Morby - 11/2 - Fine Line

Dan Israel Album Release Show - 11/4 - Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)

Amanda Shires - Monday 11/7 - Amsterdam Bar & Hall

Hermanos Guitierrez - 11/8 - Turf Club 

Scott H Biram / Joseph Huber - 11/10 - Hook & Ladder

American Roots Revue feat. Larry Long, Robert Robinson, Claudia Schmidt - 11/12 - The Dakota

Plains - 11/18 - First Avenue

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

Trampled By Turtles / Charlie Parr - Sat. 11/26 - Armory

Joe Pug - 12/1 - Turf Club

Pert Near Sandstone / Horseshoes & Hand Grenades  - 12/2 - First Avenue

Lissie - 12/10 - First Avenue

Nikki Lane - 12/17 - Fine Line

Storyhill - 12/17 - Fitzgerald Theater

2023

Gear Daddies - Sat 2/25 - Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing

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