For this USofA I featured some of the artists playing the MN State Fair this week, like The Jayhawks, Becky Kapell & Jake La Botz. I also featured a stet of song that meld reggae and country music as Summer 2022 winds down.

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2022

Caitlyn Smith - Today 8/28 - MN State Fair

Jake La Batz - Mon 8/29 & Tues 8/30 MN State Fair

Neko Case - Thurs 9/1 - First Avenue 

April Fool’s - Fri 9/2 - Schooner

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 9/3 - Bluestem Center for the Arts, Moorehead, MN

The Jayhawks - Sun 9/4 & Mon 9/5 - Leinie Lodge, MN State Fair 

Becky Kapell - Sun 9/4 & Mon 9/5 - Schell Stage at West End Market, MN State Fair  

WatchHouse - Thurs 9/8 - Palace Theatre

Yola - Fri 9/9 - First Avenue

Josh Rouse - 9/9 - The Dakota

Steve’n’Seagulls - Sat 9/10- Turf Club

Freedy Johnston / Martin Devaney - 9/10 - Parkway Theater

John Craigie / Maya de Vitry - Wed 9/14 - The Cedar

William Elliott Whitmore w/ The Local Honeys - Fri 9/16 - Fine Line

A Tribute to Shania Twain - Fri 9/16 - Turf Club 

Dead Horses - 9/18 - Turf Club

Dale Watson & His Lone-Stars - Sunday 9/18 - Hook And Ladder (Under the Canopy)

American Aquarium - 9/22 - Fine Line

Marlon Williams - 9/22 - Turf Club

Lucinda Williams - 9/23 - Paramount Theater - Austin, MN

Marcus King - 9/25 - Palace Theater  

Jamestown Revival - Friday -  9/30 - Fine Line

The Deslondes / Jack Klatt - 10/1 - Turf CLub

Little Feat - 10/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre

SG Goodman - 10/5 - Turf Club

The Heavy Heavy - 10/7 - 7th St. Entry

Kelsey Waldon - 10/8 - Turf CLub 

Calexico - 10/10 - Fine Line

Waco Brothers - 10/14 - The Cedar

The Lowest Pair - 10/15 - The Cedar

The Weight Band (Tribute to The Band) - 10/20 - The Dakota

Jake La Botz - 10/21 - Hook and Ladder

Maren Morris - 10/21 - The Armory

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

Luke LeBlanc Album Release  - 10/28 - Icehouse 

Margo Cilker - 10/28 - Turf Club

Kevin Morby - 11/2 - Fine Line

Dan Israel Album Release Show - 11/4 - Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)

Amanda Shires - Monday 11/7 - Amsterdam Bar & Hall

Hermanos Guitierrez - 11/8 - Turf Club 

Scott H Biram / Joseph Huber - 11/10 - Hook & Ladder

Plains - 11/18 - First Avenue

The Outlaws / Firefall - Sat 11/19 - Medina Ent. Ctr

Trampled By Turtles / Charlie Parr - Sat. 11/26 - Armory

Joe Pug - 12/1 - Turf Club

Lissie - 12/10 - First Avenue

Nikki Lane - 12/17 - Fine Line

Storyhill - 12/17 - Fitzgerald Theater

2023

Gear Daddies - Sat 2/25 - Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing

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