We made it to the halfway point of the year! A good time to look back at some of the best Americana music from 2025, so far…there’s been some good stuff, we’ll check out tunes from Charley Crockett major label debut, Jason Isbell’s first ever solo acoustic album, & Alison Krauss and Union Station’s 1st album in 14 years among others.

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2025 

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

Carolyn Wonderland - Sun 7/13 - The Dakota

Trapper Schoepp - Thurs 7/17 - Hopkins Sunset Series, Downtown Hopkin, MN

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

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

Laney Jones and the Spirits - 7/18 - 7th St. Entry

Murder By Death - Sat 7/19 - First Avenue 

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

American Aquarium / Kristina Murray - 7/20 - Turf Club

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 -  Treasure Island Amphitheatre, Welch MN  

An Evening with The Suitcase Junket - 7/25 - Zen Arcade at The Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis  

The Honeydogs - 7/25 - Green Room

Shakey Graves,  Soul Asylum, Wild Horses, Charlie Parr, Mike Munson - 7/26 - Treasure Island Amphitheatre, Welch MN  

David Lowery - 7/31 - Fine Line

Jerry Day - Celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead feat Buffalo Galaxy, China Rider & more - 8/2 - Turf Club 

Sierra Ferrell - 8/2 - Surly

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

Will Evans - 8/4 - Turf Club

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band - Wed 8/6 - Turf Club

The Jayhawks - 8/7 - Utepils

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

Ruthie Foster - 8/14 & 8/15 - The Dakota 

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

Jefferey Foucault & Erik Koskinen - 8/19 - Milk and Honey Ciders, St. Joseph, MN 

Them Coulee Boys - Fri 8/22 - Milk and Honey Ciders, St. Joseph, MN  

Charley Crockett - Sat 8/23 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

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

The Bellamy Brothers - 9/6 - The Medina

Uncle Lucius - 9/17 - Turf Club 

Molly Brandt /Thomas Sticha / Clare Doyle - Sun 9/7 - Milk and Honey Ciders, St. Joseph, MN 

Kelsey Waldon - Thurs 9/18 - Milk and Honey Ciders, St. Joseph, MN 

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

Farm Aid 40th Anniversary Show feat. Willie, Neil, Mellencamp, Mathews, Jesse Welles, Nathaniel Rateliff, Margo Price etc. - Sat 9/20 - Huntington Bank Stadium  

Micky and the Motorcars - 9/23 - Icehouse

Palmyra - 9/26 - 7th St. Entry

Willi Carlile - Tues 9/30 - Fine Line

Eilen Jewell - 10/1 - Hook and Ladder

Ruston Kelly - Thurs 10/2 - Fine Line

Noeline Hofman - Thurs 10/2 - 7th St. Entry

Noeline Hofman - Fri 10/3 - Milk and Honey Ciders, St. Joseph, MN 

Greensky Bluegrass - 10/11 - Palace Theatre

Neko Case - 10/17 - First Avenue

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

Steve Forbert / Peter Holsapple - 10/25 - Parkway Theatre

Kathleen Edwards - 10/26 - Fine Line

Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country - 10/30 - First Avenue

Dylan Gossett - 10/30 - Palace Theatre

The Del McCoury Band - 11/6 - Parkway Theatre

SG Goodman - 11/8 - Fine Line

The Wood Brothers - 11/13 - Pantages Theatre

Molly Tuttle - 11/14 - Varsity Theatre

Hayes Carll - 11/19 - Amsterdam

Rodney Crowell / The Secret Sisters -11/20 - Fitzgerald Theatre 

2026

Chris Thile - 1/18 - Pantages

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