It’s an all local USofA coming up this Sunday to celebrate MN Music Month!  I’ll feature lots of new music from artists like Molly Brandt, Davina and the Vagabonds, Erik Koskinen, Emmy Woods Maygen and the Birdwatcher and more!

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

 Americana Gig List 

2024

The Bros. Landreth - 4/16 - Turf Club

The Weight Band feat. former touring members of The Band & Levon Helm Band - Thurs 4/18 - Parkway Theatre

Waxahatchee - Fri. 4/19 - Palace Theatre

William Elliott Whitemore - 4/20 - Turf Club

Madeleine Peyroux - 4/24 - Parkway Theatre

Sierra Ferrell - 4/26 - First Avenue

Daniel Romano’s Outfit - 4/26 - Turf Club

Alejandro Escovedo / James Mastro - Sat. 4/27 - The Dakota

Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams - 4/27 - Parkway Theater

Burnside Kimbrough Experience - Sun 4/28 - Hook and Ladder

Robyn Hitchcock - Thurs 5/2 - The Cedar

Charlie Parr - 5/3 - First Avenue

Daniel Lanois Trio - 5/4 Hopkins Center for the Arts

Gear Daddies - 5/4 - First Avenue

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys  / Kinda Fonda Wanda - 5/5 - Hook & Ladder  OUTSIDE

Charlie Mars - 5/5 - The Dakota

Lola Kirke - 5/8 - 7th St. Entry

Hermanos Gutierrez - Sat 5/11- First Ave

Twangfest II feat. Mary Cutrufello / Mother Banjo / Sarah Morris / Cole Diamond / Doug Collins and the Receptionists / Trailer Trash - 5/11 Palmers (Outside) 

Yonder Mountain String Band - 5/16 & 5/17 - The Dakota

Matthew Logan Vasquez – 5/16 - 7th St. Entry

Southern Culture On the Skids - 5/16 - Fine Line

Sierra Hull - 5/19 - Hopkins Center For the  Arts

Katie Pruitt - 5/19 - Amsterdam

The Secret Sisters - Sat & Sun  5/19 & 5/20 - Parkway Theater

Billy Strings - 5/21 - The Armory

Willie Nelson & Family - 5/20 & 5/21 - Bluestem Amphitheatre, Moorhead MN

Willie Nelson & Family - Thurs 5/23 - Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth  

Buck Meek - Sat 5/25 - The Cedar

Jenny Don’t and the Spurs / Cole Diamond - Tues 5/28 - Uptown VFW

Lizzie No - 5/29 - Turf Club

Davina and the Vagabonds Album Release Show - Fri 5/31 - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

John Moreland - Sun 6/2 - The Cedar

The Jayhawks - 6/6 - Utepils

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss /  JD McPherson - Fri 6/7 - Mystic Lake Amphitheater

OUTSIDE

Noah Kahan - 6/7 & 6/8 - Xcel Energy Center

Lucinda Williams w/Dessa, Chastity Brown, Kiss the Tiger - 6/8 - Hilde Performance Center Amphitheater

Stampede Tour Featuring Orville Peck / Durand Jones / Debbii Dawsonn -  6/11 - Armory

Shannon and the Clams - 6/13 - Fine Line

Cedric Burnside - 6/19 - The Dakota

Black Pumas - 6/21 - Surly

Chuck Prophet - 6/23 - Turf Club

Supersuckers - 6/26 - Hook and Ladder

Brent Cobb - 6/27 - Fine Line

Blue Ox Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Sierra Ferrell, Band of Horses, Watchouse, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Molly Tuttle & more…6/27-6/29 - Eau Claire, WI. 

Amos Lee - 6/28 - State Theatre 

Little Feat / Dwayne Betts - 6/29 - Fitzgerald Theater

Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs - 7/5 - Fitzgerald Theatre

The Waco Brothers - 7/6 - The Cedar

Lissie (Duo show) - 7/11 - Hook and Ladder (Outside)

Lissie (Full Band) - 7/12 - Hook and Ladder (Outside)

Nickel Creek / Andrew Bird - 7/13 - Surly

The Wood Brothers - 7/15 - The Recreation Outdoor Center (ROC), St. Louis Park, MN 

Dale Watson and His Lone-Stars - 7/18 - Uptown VFW 

Lyle Lovett and the Large Band - Fri 7/19 - State Theater

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 8/2 & 8/3 - Armory

The Stray Cats - Thurs 8/8 - Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheatre, Moorhead

The Stray Cats -  Fri 8/9 - The Ledge Amphitheatre - Waite Park, MN  

Old 97’s - Fri 8/9 - First Avenue

Charley Crockett - Fri 8/16 - Palace Theatre 

Zach Bryan / Turnpike Troubadours / Levi Turner -  8/24 - US Bank Stadium

Outlaw Festival feat. Willie Nelson / Bob Dylan / John “Cougar” Mellencamp - 9/6 Somerset Amphitheatre 

Carsie Blanton / Matt the Electrician - Fri 9/20 - The Cedar

Cody Jinks / The Cadillac 3 / Calder Allen - Sat 10/12 - The Armory

Drive-By Truckers - Fri & Sat 10/25 & 10/26 - Uptown Theater

Residencies

Erik Koskinen Album Release Shows - Wednesday’s In April at Icehouse

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

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

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

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