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United States of Americana - March, 6, 2022

Patsy Cline in front of the Merri-Mint Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, late 1962.
Patsy Cline in front of the Merri-Mint Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, late 1962.Shane Collins / CC-BY-SA-3.0
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by Bill DeVille

March 06, 2022

I featured lotsa new music on this USofA, including Calexico, Bonnie Raitt & Sugaray Rayford. We also remembered Patsy Cline, who died in a plane crash in early-March, 1963.

Program Playlist, Hour 1

Program Playlist, Hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

Joe Purdy / Earl Buck - Monday 3/7 - Parkway

Humbird / Sam Weber / JE Sunday - Tues 3/8 - Turf Club 

The Mastersons / The Whitmore Sisters - Tues 3/8 - Hook & Ladder

Amy Helm - Wed 3/9 - Dakota

Hiss Golden Messenger - Thurs 3/10 - Fine line

Matt Hannah - Fri 3/11 - Aster Cafe

Cracker - Sat 3/12 - Sheldon Theater, Red Wing

The Gibson Brothers - 3/12 - The Cedar

Suzanne Santo - 3/12 - Turf Club

James Hunter - 3/13 - The Dakota

Todd Snider / Aaron Lee Tasjan - 3/16 - Fitzgerald Theater

The Tallest Man on Earth - 3/19 - Palace Theater

David Wilcox - 3/19 - Hopkins Center for the Arts

Joseph  - Tues 3/22 - Parkway/ Tues

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - Wed 3/23 - State Theater

Bright Eyes - 3/23 - Palace Theater

Lucy Kaplansky - 3/27 - The Cedar

Daniel Romano's Outfit / Carson McHone - 3/30 - 7th St Entry (POSTPONED)

Jeffrey Foucault / Erik Koskinen - Fri 4/1 - Parkway

Caitlyn Smith - 4/1 - First Avenue

Stage Fright: A Tribute to Bob Dylan & the Band - 4/2 - Hook & Ladder

Golden Smog - Sat 4/2 & Sun 4/3 - First Avenue

Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell / Jeremy Ivey - 4/4 - Fine Line

David Bromberg - 4/5 & 4/6 - Dakota

Watchhouse - 4/7 - Palace Theatre

Hurray For The Riff Raff / Anjimile - Fri 4/8 Fine Line

Penny and Sparrow - 4/8 The Cedar

Art Vandalay Release Show feat j. bell - 4/9 - Aster Cafe

NRBQ - 4/9 - Turf Club

Del Amitri - 4/10 - Fitzgerald Theater

Chris Smither - 4/13 - The Cedar

Hayes Carll - 4/13 - Turf Club

Sonny Landreth - 4/14 - Dakota

Cat Power - Sat 4/23 - Varsity

Amos Lee - 4/24 - Orpheum 

A Tribute to Emmylou Harris & Loretta Lynn - 4/27 -  Turf Club

John Gorka - 5/7 - Parkway Theater

The Cactus Blossoms - 5/14 - First Avenue

Valerie June / Chastity Brown - 5/20 - The Cedar

Foy Vance - 5/20 - The Cedar

Kurt Vile and the Violators - 5/25 - First Avenue

Revival Music Fest feat. The String Cheese Incident / The Infamous

Stringdusters / Leftover Salmon / Useful Jenkins etc - Harmony Park, Lake Geneva, MN - 5/27 - 5/29

Orville Peck - 6/4 & 6/5 - First Avenue

Turnpike Troubadors / Steve Earle and the Dukes / Old 97’s - 6/11 - WaitePark, MN

Blue Ox Festival - feat. Pert Near Sandstone / Punch Brothers / Old Crow Medicine Show / Samantha Fish / Joseph / Paul Cauthen / Cedric Burnside / Them Coulee Boys etc. - June 23-25 - Whispering Pines CampGround,  Eau Claire, WI   

Brandi Carlile - 7/30 - Xcel Energy Center 

Yola - 9/9 - First Avenue

Jamestown Revival - Friday  9/30 - Fine Line

Residencies

Roe Family Singers (early) Matt Arthur & Friends (late) - Mondays - 331 Bar

The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs - Thursday’s - Palmer’s Bar/

Mary Cutrufello & Trevor McSpadden - Mondays - White Squirrel Bar, St Paul (Early shows, 6pm)

St. Dominic's Trio - Tuesdays - Driftwood, Minneapolis