Today we celebrate the new album from The Cactus Blossoms. I'll spin a couple of tunes from it. Also on the agenda, a few tunes for Mardi Gras & the Super Bowl.

Americana gig list:

Ben Lubeck / Silverback Colony / Mary Bue MMC benefit (Mayor Coleman may attend) - Thursday 2/11 Turf
The Cactus Blossoms - 2/12 & 2/13/16 - Turf Club (Spider John Friday / Saturday Frankie Lee)
Hot Club of Cowtown - 2/15 - The Dakota
Rayland Baxter - 2/19 - Turf Club
Chastity Brown - 2/19 - Icehouse
Jessica Lee Wilkes - 2/19 - Lee's
Stephen Kellogg - 2/20 - Turf Club
Ben Miller Band - 2/21 - Amsterdam
Jason Isbell / Shovels & Rope - 2/22/16 - Northrup
Carrie Rodriguez - 3/1 - The Cedar
Elliott Brood - 3/2 - 7th St. Entry
Molly Dean - 3/3 - Icehouse
Dale Watson - March 3 & 4 - Lee's
Lake St. Dive / The Suffers - 3/10 - First Avenue
The Infamous Stringdusters / Nicki Bluhm - 3/12/16 - The Varsity
The Pines / Phil Cook - 3/18 - First Avenue
Farewell Milwaukee / Erik Koskinen - 3/18 - The Cedar
The Mavericks - 3/19 - State Theatre
Greensky Bluegrass 3/19 - First Avenue
Shawn Colvin - March 24, 25, 26 - The Dakota
Patty Griffin / Sara Watkins / Anais Mitchell - 3/28 - The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University.
Jeff Austin Band - 3/29 - Dakota
Green River Ordinance - 4/2 - Turf Club
Lucinda Williams - April 5 thru - The Dakota
The Wild Feathers - 4/12 - The Varsity
Taj Mahal - 4/12 & 4/13 - The Dakota
Larry Campbell - Teresa WIlliams - 4/15 - The Dakota
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - 4/16/16 - The Varsity
Steep Canyon Rangers - 4/16 - The Dakota
Sean Watkins - 4/17 - The Dakota
Graham Parker / Brinsley Schwartz- 4/23 - The Dakota
Tina & the B-Sides - 5/7 - First Avenue
Gear Daddies - 5/13 - First Avenue
James Hunter - 5/15 & 5/16 - The Dakota
Blue Ox Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Shovels & Rope, Nikki Lane, Del McCoury Band, Blitzen Trapper, The Wood Brothers, Charlie Parr etc. - 6-9 to 6/11 Eau Claire
The Avett Brothers / Brandi Carlile - 6/11 - Target Center

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

Segments

Carolina In My Mind
James Taylor

Love Cuts Glass
Ben Lubeck

Travelin'
Jimmy Carter & Dallas County Green

Storyteller
Molly Dean

Driving in the Storm
Ellis

Trouble In Your Mind
Carolina Chocolate Drops

What People Want
Freakwater

Hallelujah
Sam Cassidy

White Lighning
George Jones

Clown Collector
The Cactus Blossoms

You WIn Again
Fats Domino

Welfare Music
The BottleRockets

February
Dan Hubbard

Leaving In My Blood
Amelia White

Basin St. Blues
Merle Haggard feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band

This City
Steve Earle

Yellow Eyes
Rayland Baxter

I Saw Her Cry
Angel Oak

Love's Gonna Live Here feat. Kacey Musgraves
Buddy Miller & Friends

Little Apone
Max Stalling

I Know It's Wrong (But That's Alright)
Hurray for the Riff Raff

Place in My Heart
Lucinda Williams

Dark Child
Marlon Williams

Dirt Road Blues
Bob Dylan

Hanging from the Earth
The Pines

Break My Heart Sweetly
John Moreland

A Feather's Not A Bird
Rosanne Cash

Powder Blue
The Cactus Blossoms

Rocky Mt. High
John Denver