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United States of Americana

The Annual Holiday Show

An Americana Christmas, released October 14, 2014, is a 16-track album featuring holiday songs by artists including Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, The Band, John Prine, Dwight Yoakam, Valerie June, Nikki Lane, Robert Ellis, Luther Dickinson and the Old 97’s.
An Americana Christmas, released October 14, 2014, is a 16-track album featuring holiday songs by artists including Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, The Band, John Prine, Dwight Yoakam, Valerie June, Nikki Lane, Robert Ellis, Luther Dickinson and the Old 97’s.New West Records
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by Bill DeVille

December 18, 2022

This time on United States of Americana I featured nothing but Holiday songs new and old! We checked out classic from Johnny & June, George & Tammy. I played newbies from Indigo Girls, Jamestown Revival and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

 2022

Samantha Fish / Jesse Dayton Band - Sunday 12/18 - Fine Line

Taylor James Donskey Single Release Show - 12/29 - 331 Club

Honky Tonk New Years Eve w/Cole Diamond, Turn Turn Turn and Molly Brandt  - 12/31 Turf Club

2023

Charlie Parr - 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 & 1/29 - Turf Club 

The Cactus Blossoms - 1/2, 1/9, 1/16, 1/23 & 1/30 - Turf Club

Farewell Milwaukee - 1/12 - Hopkins Center for the Arts

Whalen  & the Willows / Collapsing Stars - 1/18 Turf Club

Turn Turn Turn Album Release Show- 1/20 - Dakota

Caroline Rose - 1/23 - First Avenue

Ani DiFranco - 1/24 - First Avenue

The Last Waltz feat Big Pink - 1/27 & 1/28 - First Avenue

Dead Man Winter - 1/31 - Turf Club

The White Buffalo - 2/10 - The Varsity

Buffalo Nichols - 2/16 - Turf Club

Gear Daddies - 2/17 - Medina Entertainment Center 

Margo Price - 2/19 - First Avenue

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express - Wed 2/22 - Turf Club

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

Mason Jennings - 2/25 - The Dakota 

Emily Scott Robinson - 3/1 - 7th St. Entry

The Steel Wheels - 3/2 - The Dakota

Ron Sexsmith - 3/3 - The Dakota

Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives - 3/4 - Hopkins Center for the Arts

Morgan Wade - 3/11 - Fine Line

Ruthie Foster - 3/11 - Hopkins Center for the Arts

Larkin Poe - 3/18 - First Avenue

Neal Francis - 3/18 - Amsterdam

Pure Prairie League - 3/18 - Hopkins Center for the Arts

Willi Carlisle - Fri 3/24 - 7th St Entry

Oak Ridge Boys - 3/25 - Medina

John Mellencamp - 4/6, 4/7, 4/8 - State Theatre

The Heavy Heavy - 4/7 - Fine Line

Asleep at the Wheel feat. Brennen Leigh & Joshua Hedley - 4/12 - The Dakota

Aoife O'Donovan / The Westerlies - Fri 4/14 - Turf Club

Dawes - Sat 4/15 - Palace Theater 

Rachel Baiman / Barbaro- Sat 4/15 - The Cedar

The War & Treaty - 4/16 - Fine Line

Delta Rae - Wed 4/26 - Turf

Tyler Childers / Marcus King - Wed  6/14 - Armory 

Blue Ox Music Festival feat. Avett Bros, Charley Crockett, 2 Nights of Pert Near Sandstone, Sierra Hull, Joshua Ray Walker, Infamous StringDusters & more  - 6/22-6/24 - The Pines Music Park, Eau Claire 

First Aid Kit - 7/23 - Palace Theater 

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