I aired a session by Rhiannon Giddens recorded live for Radio Heartland this past week.

Also, double shots from Alejandro Escovedo & Gear Daddies, who both perform this week!

Americana gig list:

Vetiver - Wed 5/6 - Turf Club
Alejandro Escovedo - Thursday 5/7 - The Dakota
American Scarecrows - Thursday 5/7 - The Turf
Daniel Lanois / Rocco DeLuca - Thursday 5/7 - The Cedar
Gear Daddies - F/S/S 5/8 & 5/9 & 5/10 - First Avenue
Robbie Fulks / Don Stiernberg / High 48s - Friday 5/8 - O'Shaughnessy @ St Thomas U.
Suzy Bogguss - Friday 5/8 - The Dakota
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank release show / Ryan Young - Saturday 5/9 - Turf Club
The Steel Wheels - 5/10 - The Cedar
John Moreland - 5/12 - Turf Club
Freedy Johnston - 5/12 - The Dakota
The Damnwells / Trapper Schoepp - 5/16 Turf Club
Real Phonic Radio Hour feat. Stevie Ann - 5/21 - James J Hill Library
Butch Walker - 5/22 - The Cedar
Old Crow Medicine Show / The Devil Makes Three - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre, Mankato - 5/28
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
Marc Cohn / Shawn Colvin - 6/6 - MN Zoo
Lucinda Williams - 6/9 - MN Zoo
Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell - 6/11 - The Cedar
Blue Ox Festival - June 11, 12, & 13 - Eau Claire, Wi (Justin Townes Earle, Pokey Lafarge, Pert Near Sandstone etc)
The Blasters - 6/17 - Lee's
Tedeschi Trucks Band / Sharon Jones - 6/19 -Somerset Amphitheatre
Bodeans - 6/19 - MN Zoo
Trombone Shorty - 6/23 - Cabooze Plaza
Wayne Hancock - 6/24 - Lee's
An Evening with Erik Koskinen Band & Friends - Friday 6/26 - Turf Club
Dale Watson - 6/27 - Lee's
Somebody's Darling - 7/2 - Lee's Liquor Lounge
Kasey Musgraves - 7/9 - MN Zoo
Jon Dee Graham - 7/9 - Lee's
Trampled By Turtles - 7/11 - Bayfront Park, Duluth
Dawes / Lake St. Dive - 7/14 - Cabooze Plaza
Dwight Yoakam - 7/17 - Lakefront Music Fest in Prior Lake
The Blind Boys of Alabama - 7/18 - The Dakota
The Mavericks - 7/21 - MN Zoo
Blackberry Smoke - 7/24 - MN Zoo
Mason Jenings / S Carey - 7/25 - MN Zoo
AA Bondy - 7/28 - The Turf
Billy Joe Shaver - 8/5 - The Dakota
Charlie Daniels Band - 8/21 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre
Robert Randolph & the Family Band - 9/3 - MN Zoo
Merle Haggard / Kris Kristofferson / Sturgill Simpson - 9/7 - MN State Fair
John Prine rescheduled date - Orpheum 9/19
Milk Carton Kids - 11/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
John Gorka - 11/21 - The Cedar

Weekly gigs
The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
Liquor Pigs - Fridays 7-9pm - Palmer's

Segments

She's Happy
Gear Daddies

Country Music I'm Talking to You
Darrell Scott

Sometimes the Grass Is Always Greener
Robbie Fulks

Great Northern Railroad
The High 48's

Every Now and Then
Giant Sand

Wild Horses
Flying Burrito Brothers

Waiting on Love
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers

Delivery
Shane Cooley

Velvet Guitar
Alejandro Escovedo

Gods of the West
American Scarecrows

She's Acting Single (I'm Drinking Doubles)
Gary Stewart

The Bottle Let Me Down
Suzy Bogguss

Still Sober (After All These Beers)
Banditos

Loose Ends
Vetiver

The Maker
Daniel Lanois

In-Studio Performance
Rhiannon Giddens

Old Number 4
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank

Stupid Boy
Gear Daddies

Down By the River
Ray Wylie Hubbard

Man of Constant Sorrow
Dwight Yoakam

Anchor
Alejandro Escovedo

The World Ender
Lord Huron