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United States of Americana for April 5, 2015

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April 05, 2015

A featured a ton of new stuff on this installment of USofA! We heard Houndmouth, Mavis Staples, The Staves & Pokey LaFarge, who's new album is set for release on Tuesday!

Americana gig list:

River City Extension - Monday - 7th St. Entry
James Hunter - Monday & Tuesday 4/6 & 4/7 - Dakota
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Wed. 4/8 - Turf Club
Revenge of the Mekons film - 4/8 - Trylon
5th Annual River Falls Roots & Bluegrass Fest - Thursday - Sunday 4/9-4/12 - River Falls, WI
Joe Pug / Field Report (solo) - Thursday 4/9 - Turf Club
Max Jury - 4/9 - 7th St. Entry
Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injury thru Poetry, Art and Songs: Sam Baker - Thursday 4/9
Pieta Brown & The Sawdust Collective / Chatham County Line - Friday 4/10 - The Cedar
Jorma Kaukonen - 4/11 - The Dakota
Hugh Bob and the Hustle - 4/12 - (Clown Lounge) Turf Club
Robert Earl Keen - 4/13 & 4/14 - Dakota
Liz Longley / Brian Wright - 4/14 - Aster Cafe
Big Sandy - 4/17 - Lee's
Border Music: David Hidalgo & Marc Ribot - 4/18 - The Cedar
Cory Branan / Tim Easton - 4/18 - Turf Club
Sean Rowe - 4/19 - 7th St Entry
Grace and Tony - 4/22 - 318 Excelsior
James McMurtry - 4/25 - Fine Line
Neko Case - 4/25 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Hiss Golden Messenger / Phil Cook - 4/25 - Turf Club
Whiskey Shivers - 4/25 - Lee's
Lord Huron / Leon Bridges - 4/26 - First Avenue
Dar Williams - 4/26 - Cedar
Elvis Perkins - 4/26 - Icehouse
Hot Club of Cowtown - 4/27 - Dakota
Rhiannon Giddens / Bhi Bhiman - 4/28 - Pantages
Whitehorse - 4/28 - 7th St. Entry
Actual Wolf Album Release Show feat. The Cactus Blossoms 4/29 - Turf Club
Fathom Lane - 4/30 - Cedar
Hurray for the Riff Raff / Daniel Romano - 5/1 - Cedar
Drive-By Truckers - 5/1 - First Avenue
Bobby Bare Jr. - 5/1 - Turf Club
Charlie Parr - 5/1 - The Varsity
Trampled By Turtles / Web of Sunsets - 5/2 - First Avenue (just announced)
Mary Chapin-Carpenter - 5/2 - State Theatre
Alejandro Escovedo - 5/7 - The Dakota
American Scarecrows - 5/7 - The Turf
Daniel Lanois / Rocco DeLuca - 5/7 - The Cedar
Gear Daddies - 5/8 & 5/9 & 5/10 - First Avenue
Suzy Bogguss - 5/8 - The Dakota
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank / Ryan Young - 5/9 - Turf Club
The Steel Wheels - 5/10 - The Cedar
John Moreland - 5/12 - Turf Club
Butch Walker - 5/22 - The Cedar
Murder By Death - 5/29 - Turf Club
The Last Revel / Dead Horses / Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins - The Cedar - 5/30
Mandolin Orange - 5/31 - 7th St. Entry
Kris Delmhorst - 6/5 - BLB
Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell - 6/11 - The Cedar
Blue Ox Festival - June 11, 12, & 13 - Eau Claire, Wi
Tedeschi Trucks Band / Sharon Jones - 6/19 -Somerset Amphitheatre
Trombone Shorty - 6/23 - Cabooze Plaza
Billy Joe Shaver - 8/5 - The Dakota
Merle at the State Fair 9/7
John Prine rescheduled date - Orpheum 9/19
Weekly gigs
The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
Liquor Pigs - Fridays 7-9pm - Palmer's

Segments

Hello in There
John Prine

Ain't In No Hurry
Jorma kaukonen

Pretty When It's New
Merle Haggard

The Tattooed Woman
Sam Baker

Awhile
The Shook Twins

Flowers of Love
Pieta Brown

Thirty
StarDweller

High on Tulsa Heat
John Moreland

Gawd Above
John Fullbright

Your Good Fortune
Mavis Staples

Ragged But Right
Moon Mullican

The Girl I Left Behind Me
Asleep at the Wheel feat. The Avett Brothers

Down By the River
Ray Wylie Hubbard

Otis
Houndmouth

Glory of True Love
John Prine

Teeth White
The Staves

Love Hurts
Gram Parsons

Bright Beginnings
Joe Pug

Black Metal
Max Jury

Lost Highway
Mekons

Good Looking Woman
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Something in the Water
Pokey LaFarge

My Gal Gertie
Dub Dickerson

You're Dreaming
The Cactus Blossoms

Bossy
JD McPherson

Honky Tonk Hiccups
Neko Case

Mary Ann and One Eyed Dan
Shovels and Rope

Woman (Oh Mama)
Joy Williams

Minute By Minute
James Hunter 6