It’s the Mothers Day installment of United States of Americana this time! I’ll feature of handful of songs for Mom on this week’s show song from artists like Justin Townes Earle, Lucinda Williams and Merle Haggard.

I also featured the usual dose of new tunes, the Vintage Vinyl pick and the Americana Gig List!

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2025 

Julien Baker & Torres - 5/11 - First Avenue (CANCELLED)

Asleep at the Wheel - Sun & Mon 5/11 & 5/12 - The Dakota

Karla Bonoff - Tues 5/13 - Parkway

Matthew Logan Vasquez - Thurs 5/15 - 7th St. Entry

Larkin Poe / Amythyst Kiah - Fri 5/16 - First Avenue

The Devil Makes Three - Sat 5/17 - First Avenue 

Katy Tessman Album Release Show feat. Annie & Kari of Annie and the Bang Bang & Katy Vernon’s Favourite Girl - Sat 5/17 - Icehouse

Benmont Tench - Sun 5/18 - The Dakota

A Tribute to Slim Dunlap feat. Trailer Trash, The Cactus Blossoms (Page and Jack)  - Mon 5/19 - First Avenue 

Matt Anderson - Tues 5/20 - The Dakota

Southern Culture On The Skids - 5/25 - Fine Line

Joshua Ray Walker / Boy Golden - 5/29 - 7th St. Entry 

New Orleans Suspects “New Orleans Funk From Fats to The Meters” - 5/30 - Hook and Ladder 

Valerie June - 5/31 - State Theatre

Gated Community - Rich Mattson and Germaine Gemberling - 6/1 - Parkway Theatre

Anchorhead / The Vibro Champs / El Drifte / Lazy Ike / Cadillac Kolstad / Clay Williams - Fri 6/6 - Uptown VFW

Dwight Yoakam / The Mavericks / 49 Winchester - Sat 6/7 - Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, Rochester 

Roots Rock and Deep Blues Festival - 6/7 Hook and Ladder 

Alison Krauss - 6/8 - Ledge Amphitheatre, Waite Park

Alison Krauss - 6/10 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre 

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - 6/11 - Palace Theatre

Gasoline Lollipops / Clarence Tilton / Becky Kapell - Thurs 6/12 - Uptown VFW 

Molly Brandt / Mojo Hand / Luke Callen - 6/12 - 7th St. Entry

Katy Tessman - 6/12 - Hopkins Sunset Series at Downtown Park, Hopkins, MN

I’m With Her - 6/14 - Fitzgerald Theatre

Watchouse - 6/14 - Palace Theatre

Will Wood / The Ruen Brothers - 6/16 - First Avenue 

Iris DeMent / Ana Egge - 6/19 - Parkway Avenue

Infidels: A Bob Dylan Tribute feat. Terry Walsh, Dan Israel, Steve Brantseg - 6/21 - The Dakota

Steve Earle - Thurs 6/26 - Uptown Theater 

Blue Ox Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Margo Price, Orville Peck, Greensky Bluegrass, Cole Chaney, Hurray for the Riff Raff etc. - 6/26 - 6/28 - Whispering Pines Campground,  Eau Claire, WI 

Katie Tessman - 6/29 - Harriet Bandshell (Free)

Jenny Don’t & the Spurs - 6/30 - 7th St. Entry

Mekons - 7/9 - Fine Line

Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes - 7/9 - Parkway Theatre

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram / Samantha Fish - Wed 7/9 - Pantages Theatre

Langhorne Slim - 7/10 - Turf Club

Pure Prairie League - Thurs 7/10 - Parkway Theatre 

Turnpike Troubadours / Old Crow Medicine Show - 7/11 - The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys / Lena & the LoveKills - Sunday 7/13 - The Hook and Ladder

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Brit Taylor - 7/17 - Fitzgerald Theatre

Dale Watson and His Lone Stars - Thurs 7/17 - Uptown VFW

Murder By Death - 7/19 - First Avenue 

Railroad Earth / Yonder MT String Band - Sun 7/20 - Utepils

Lord Huron - 7/22 - Armory

Big Star Quintet - 7/24 - First Avenue

Music By the Mississippi feat. Shane Smith and the Saints, James Whitton Band, Trenton Fletcher 7/25 Shakey Graves,  Soul Asylum, Wild Horses, Charlie Parr, Mike Munson - 7/26 - Treasure Island Amphitheatre, Welch MN  

Sierra Ferrell - 8/2 - Surly

The Deslondes - 8/4 - 7th St. Entry

Will Evans - 8/4 - Turf Club

The Jayhawks - 8/7 - Utepils

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils / Pure Prairie League - Fri 8/8 - Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush - 8/17 - Pantages Theatre

Charley Crockett - 8/23 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

TIm O’Brien Quartet - Fri 8/29 - Parkway Theater

The Bellamy Brothers - 9/6 - The Medina 

Bonnie Raitt - 9/20 - The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park 

Micky and the Motorcars - 9/23 - Icehouse

Greensky Bluegrass - 10/11 - Palace Theatre

Neko Case - 10/17 - First Avenue

Folsom Prison Experience (feat. Church of Cash) - 10/24 - Fitzgerald Theatre

The Del McCoury Band - 11/6 - Parkway Theatre

SG Goodman - 11/8 - Fine Line

Hayes Carll - 11/19 - Amsterdam

Residencies

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

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

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

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