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United States of Americana for May 20, 2018

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May 20, 2018

This time I featured a bunch of new things! We listened to artists like Caitlin Canty, Mipso, Liz Brasher & Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. All of them are performing in the Twin Cities in the coming days!

Americana Gig List

Richard Buckner - Sunday 5/20 - Turf Club
Elizabeth Cook / Caleb Caudle - 5/20 - The Dakota
Caitlin Canty - 5/20 - 7th St. Entry
Corb Lund / Sarah Streitz - 5/22 - Turf Club
10th Annual Big Fat Love Tribute to John Prine - 5/24 - Hook & Ladder.
Revival Festival at Harmony Park, Geneva, MN - 5/25-5/27 feat. Phil Lesh, Leftover Salmon, Jon Cleary Trio, Amy Helm, Samantha Fish etc.
Mason Jennings - 5/25 & 5/26 - The Cedar
Liz Brasher - 5/26 - 7th St. Entry
American Aquarium / Cory Branan - 5/31 - Turf CLub
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - 6/1 - Turf Club S/O
Alex "Crankshaft" Larson - 6/2 - Anoka City Hall
Field Report - 6/2 - Turf Club
Parker Millsap / Travis Linville - 6/3 - Turf Club
Sean Colvin - 6/6 - 6/9 - The Dakota
Okkervil River - 6/11 - Turf Club
The Blasters - 6/14 - Turf Club
USofA Happy Hour - 6/14 - Dalton & Wade, MPLS.
Blue Ox Festival, Eau Claire, WI - 6/14-6/16 feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Charlie Parr, Margo Price, Tyler Childers etc.
Horse Feathers - 6/16 - Turf Club
Sonny Landreth - 6/17 - The Dakota
Jackson Browne - 6/19 - State Theatre
James Taylor / Bonnie Raitt - 6/22 - Xcel
Old Crow Medicine Show - 6/29 - The Palace
Yonder Mt String Band - 7/3 - MN Zoo
Darlingside - 7/5 - Turf Club
Them Coulee Boys / Buffalo Gospel / Humbird 7/6 - Turf Club
Ray Wylie Hubbard - 7/8 - The Dakota
Jason Eady - 7/11 - Turf Club
USofA Happy Hour - 7/12 - Dalton & Wade, MPLS
Turnpike Troubadours / Old 97's / Shooter Jennings / The Bottle Rockets - 7/14 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre, Mankato
The Jayhawks - 7/15 - MN Zoo
Handsome Family - 7/18 - The Cedar
Martin Zellar - 7/20 - Turf Club
Ha Ha Tonka - 7/27 - Turf Club
Ben Harper / Charlie Musselwhite - 8/1 - Palace Theatre
Paul Thorns Mission Temple Fireworks Revival feat. Blind Boys of Alabama - 8/1 - The Dakota
Jerry Jeff Walker - 8/4 - MN Zoo
Kinky Friedman - 8/7 - Turf Club
Sunny Sweeney / Ward Davis - 8/11 - Cabooze
The Mavericks - 8/12 - MNZoo
Son Volt - 8/13 - MN Zoo
Blackberry Smoke / JJ Grey - 8/14 - MN Zoo
Chuck Prophet - 8/24 - Turf Club
The Current's Music on A Stick feat Trampled By Turtles - 8/25 - MN State Fair
Asleep at the Wheel - 8/26 - The Dakota
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - 8/29 - State Theatre
John Hiatt & the Goners feat. Sonny Landreth - 9/1 - Pantages Theatre
Dave Alvin / Jimmie Dale Gilmore - 9/6 - The Dakota
Amanda Shires - 9/6 - Fine Line
Steve"N"Seagulls - 9/9 - Turf Club
John Oates with the Good Road Band - 9/18 & 9/19 - The Dakota
Shakey Graves - 9/29 - The Palace
Murder By Death - 10/5 - The Cedar
Joan Baez - 10/6 - State Theatre
Jade Bird - 10/6 - Fine Line
The Avett Brothers - 10/11 - Mystic Lake Casino
Pure Prairie League - 10/12 - The Dakota

Weekly gigs

The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331

Segments

New Morning
Bob Dylan

Race You to the Light
Mason Jennings

Seven Year Ache
Rosanne Cash

The Captains Daughter
Alison Krauss

Moonlight
Mipso

Straitjacket Love
Elizabeth Cook

Empty Arms
Caleb Caudle

Take Me For A Ride
Caitlin Canty

Texas Me
Sir Douglas Quintet

Pay Gap
Margo Price

C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell)
Emmylou Harris

The Lucky One
Freedy Johnston

The Deal
The Mulligan Brothers

Miles Away
Phil Cook

Run This Town
Corb Lund

Her
Richard Buckner

Body of Mine
Liz Brasher

American Dream
Samantha Fish

Pump It Up
Jon Cleary

What Would I Dreamer Do
The Jayhawks

Guess Things Happen That Way
Johnny Cash

Passionate Kind
Clarence Bucaro

Chicken Dinner
Luke Winslow-King

Eight Piece Box
SCOTS

Tough Folks
American Aquarium

King of Alabama
Brent Cobb

Alabama
Neil Young

Alabam
Cowboy Copas

Refute feat. Kim Gordon
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

The Party's Over
Phosphorescent