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by Bill DeVille

April 17, 2022

On this Easter show I featured a handful of gospel influenced songs. I featured several new songs, including one from Drive-By Truckers. We also celebrated Loretta Lynn’s recent 90th birthday!

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

Al Subola & Lazy Ike - Monday 4/18 - White Squirrel, St P.

Jasper Lepak / Molly Dean - Tues 4/19 - Icehouse

Bedouine - Tues - 4/19 - Turf Club

Lil Smokies / Michigan Rattlers - Thurs 4/21 - Turf Club 

Cat Power - Sat 4/23 - Varsity

Rich Mattson & The Northstars / Leslie Rich & The Rocket Soul Choir - 4/23-

The Hook & Ladder 

Amos Lee - 4/24 - Orpheum 

The Sapsuckers - 4/24 - Palmers

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

Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding - 4/27 - The Hook

Robbie Fulk's Bluegrass Band - 4/28 - The Dakota

“MN All-Star Bluegrass Benefit” for Families of Peter Ostroushko & Alan

Jesperson feat. The Best MN Bluegrass Performers -  Sat 4/30 - Parkway

Bonnie Light Horseman - 4/30 - First Avenue

*Dale Watson & His Lone Stars - Wed 5/4 Uptown VFW

John Gorka - 5/7 - Parkway Theater

Scott Laurent - 5/7  - Aster Cafe

Asleep at the Wheel - Sat 5/7 - Hopkins Center for the Arts

The Cactus Blossoms - 5/14 - First Avenue

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

Foy Vance - 5/20 - The Cedar

Becky Kapell Album Release Show - 5/21 - Turf Club

Susto - 5/25 - Turf

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 / The Nude Party - 6/4 & 6/5 - First Avenue

Paul Thorn - 6/10 - Dakota

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

Meat Puppets - 6/23 - Turf Club

Blue Ox Festival - feat. Pert Near Sandstone / Punch Brothers / Old Crow Medicine Show / Samantha Fish / Joseph / Paul Cauthen / Cedric Burnside / Them Coulee Boys etc. - 6/23-25 - Whispering Pines CampGround,  Eau Claire, WI  

Brandy Clark - 6/25 - The Dakota 

Meat Puppets - 6/29 - 7th St. Entry

Them Coulee Boys / Barbaro - Fri ⅞ - Turf

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - 7/23 - State Theatre

John Hiatt & the Goners feat. Sonny Landreth / Buddy Guy - 7/24 - Mystic Lake

Brandi Carlile - 7/30 - Xcel Energy Center

The Steel Wheels - Thurs 8/4 - Dakota

The Dead South / The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Tejon Street Corner Thieves - 8/8 - Palace Theatre   

Yola - 9/9 - First Avenue

American Aquarium - 9/22 - Fine Line

Jamestown Revival - Friday  9/30 - Fine Line

Daniel Romano's Outfit / Carson McHone - 10/26 - 7th St Entry (moved from 3/30)

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 - Tuesdays - White Squirrel Bar, St Paul (Early shows, 6pm)

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