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All '90s Americana

"No Depression" is the first studio album by alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, released in June 1990.
"No Depression" is the first studio album by alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, released in June 1990.Rockville Records
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by Bill DeVille

May 01, 2022

I featured 90s Americana on this USofA. We checked out music from artists like Lucinda Williams, Cat Power, Wilco, Son Volt, Slim Dunlap and more!

Program playlist, hour 1

Program playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

Anais Mitchell / Samantha Crain - Sun 5/1 - Turf

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

Ghost of Paul Revere - 5/5 - Turf Club

The Scarlett Goodbye / Willie Wisely / Cindy Lawson - 5/6 - Turf Club

John Gorka - 5/7 - Parkway Theater

Scott Laurent - 5/7  - Aster Cafe

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

Caroline Spence - 5/8 - Turf

The Cactus Blossoms / Lilly Hiatt - 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

Bob Dylan 81st Birthday Bash - 5/24 - Turf Club

Susto - 5/25 - Turf

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

The Last Revel - 5/28 - Turf Club

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

High Hawks - 6/12 - Hook and Ladder

Ben Nichols - 6/12 - Fine Line

Bob Log III - 6/12 - Turf Clap

Meat Puppets - 6/23 - Turf Club

Sarah Shook / Joshua Ray Walker - 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

Aaron Lee Tasjan - 7/2 - Parkway Theatre

Them Coulee Boys / Barbaro - Fri 7/8 - 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  

Neko Case - 9/1 - First Avenue 

Yola - 9/9 - First Avenue

American Aquarium - 9/22 - Fine Line

Jamestown Revival - Friday -  9/30 - Fine Line

Calexico - 10/10 - Fine Line

Daniel Romano's Outfit / Carson McHone - 10/26 - 7th St Entry 

Residencies

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

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

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

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