This week, I featured a couple from Shovels and Rope's upcoming album and a track from Amanda Shires' upcoming album. Mike Pengra stops by to share a railroad song by Billy Bragg and Joe Henry.

We also remember 9/11.

Shovels & Rope (Leslie Ryan McKellar)

Americana Gig List

NRBQ / Los StraitJackets - tonite 9/11 - Dakota
Michaela Anne / Federales - 9/11 - Turf Club
Sonny Landreth / Cindy Cashdollar - 9/11 - The Cedar
The Deslondes / Jack Klatt - Tuesday Tuesday 9/13 - Turf Club
Band of Heathens - Wed 9/14 - Dakota
Handsome Family - Thursday 9/15 - The Cedar
Dale Watson - Thursday 9/15 - Lee's
Festival Palomino feat. Trampled by Turtles/The Arcs/Andrew Bird/Jake Bugg/Houndmouth
/Elephant Revival/The Cactus Blossoms/Margaret Glaspy/Aubrie Sellers/Frankie Lee/The Brothers Comatose/John Mark Nelson/The Devil's Flying Machine feat. Charlie Parr - 9/17 - Canterbury Park, Shakopee
Firefall - 9/17 - The Dakota
Sara Watkins - 9/20 - Dakota
Blitzen Trapper - 9/21 - Turf Club
James Hunter Six - 9/21 - The Dakota
Scott Laurent - 9/23 - Icehouse
Jon Stickley Trio - 9/23 - The Cedar
Drive-By Truckers / Lydia Loveless - 9/24 -First Avenue
Squirrel Nut Zippers - 10/7 & 10/8 - The Dakota
Nick Lowe / Josh Rouse - 10/11 - The Dakota
Elizabeth Cook - 10/12 - The Dakota
Joe Henry - 10/17 - The Cedar
Jamestown Revival - 10/20 - Turf Club
The Felice Brothers - 10/24 - Turf Club
Joan Baez - 10/26 - State Theatre
St. Paul and the Broken Bones - 10/26 & 10/27 - First Avenue
USofA 7th Birthday Show feat. Margo Price / Darrin Bradbury / tba - 10/27 - Turf Club S/O
Joseph - 10/29 - The Cedar
Amos Lee - 10/30 - Northrop
The Staves - 11/1 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Lee Harvey Osmond - 11/5 - 7th St. Entry
Wilkinson James Release Show - 11/5 - Aster Cafe
Todd Snider - 11/12 - Fitzgerald
Amanda Shires - 12/2 - Turf Club

Weekly gigs
The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331

Segments

New York, New York (Live at Carnegie Hall)
Ryan Adams

St. Anne's Parade
Shovels and Rope

Sad Songs and Waltzes
Willie Nelson

Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out feat. Iris DeMent
John Prine

The Midnight Special
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry

Past my Prime
Greensky Bluegrass

Ash Wednesday
Elvis Perkins

Put You Down
Ruby Dee & he Snakehandlers

Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad
Wanda Jackson

Dixie
Ashley Monroe

Guitar Town
Steve Earle

Amanda Ruth
Rank and File

Everybody's Somebody in Hedwig, TX
Dale Watson

Daddy Was a Badass
Jesse Dayton

High Water (For Charlie Patton)
Bob Dylan

The Real Deal
The Des Londes

Ridin In My Car
NRBQ

The Last Hawk
Shovels and Rope

City Lights
The White Stripes

Far From Any Road
The Handsome Family

Powder Blue
The Cactus Blossoms

When You're Gone
Amanda Shires

Boeing 737
The Low Anthem

Ways and Means
Todd Snider

Queen of Carolina
Frankie Lee

Wait So Long
Trampled By Turtles

Loveless Rolling Stone
Aubrie Sellers

Like the 309
Johnny Cash