On this Pride Weekend I featured several LGBTQ+ artists! I also featured new songs from Norah Jones, Boy Golden & Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire!

Program Playlist, Hour 1

Program Playlist, Hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2023

Selwyn Birchwood - Fri 6/30 - Hook and Ladder

James Hunter 6 - Fri  6/30 - Dakota

Eli Gardner Live Album Release Show w/Willow Creek Bros. - 6/30 - Green Room 

Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys In the Campfire - Sat. 7/1 - Fine Line

Amythyst Kiah - 7/5 - Parkway Theater

The Cactus Blossoms - 7/6 - Weesner Family Amphitheater, MN Zoo

Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials - ⅞ - Dual Citizen Brewing Co.

Craig Paquette and the Spartones Album Release Show feat. Thunderheads - 7/8 - Parkway Theater 

The Boxmasters (feat. Billy Bob “Bud” Thornton) - 7/12 - Dakota

Arlo McKinley - 7/13 - Fine Line

Tommy Prine - 7/14 - 7th St. Entry 

Nickel Creek - 7/15 - Palace Theater

Marshall Crenshaw - 7/15 - Parkway Theater

American Aquarium - 7/16 - Fine Line

Lucy Michelle Album Release Show - 7/16 - Parkway

Dan Israel - 7/21 - Lake Harriet Bandshell

Molly Brandt Album Release Show feat Pit Stop & Becky Kapell - 7/22 - Turf Club  

First Aid Kit - 7/23 - Palace Theater

Courtney Marie Andrews - 7/24 - Turf Club

Lucinda Williams - 7/25, 7/26, 7/28 & 7/29 - Dakota

Molly Brandt Album Release Show feat. Pit Stop & Becky Kapell - 7/28 - Turf Club

Shakey Graves / Lucius - 7/28 - Bauhaus Brew Labs

GA-20 - Fri 7/28 - Turf Club 

The Teskey Brothers / Joy Oladokun - 8/4 - Palace Theater 

Sunny War - 8/4 - Turf Club

The Cactus Blossoms - 8/5 - Tattersall Distillery, River Falls, WI

Indigo Girls - 8/5 - The Hilde Performance Center, Plymouth 

Steve Earle - Thurs 8/10 & Fri 8/11 - Dakota 

Old 97’s - 8/17 - Fine Line

Tina & the B-Sides - Sat 8/19 - First Avenue 

Bettye LaVette - 8/22 - The Dakota

Quebe Sisters - 8/24 & 8/25 - MN State Fair

Brandi Carlile - Tues 8/29 - MN State Fair

Nikki Lane - 8/30 & 8/31 - MN State Fair

Buck Fest feat. Drive-By Truckers, American Aquarium & Gear Daddies  - 9/15 - Buck Hill, Burnsville

Trampled By Turtles / Caamp - 9/16 - Treasure Island Amphitheater

The Mavericks - 9/16 - State Theater

Caitlyn Smith - 9/29 - First Avenue

Ray Lamontagne - 10/1 - State Theater

Bonnie Raitt - 10/11 - State Theater

Mary Chapin Carpenter / Shawn Colvin - 10/13 - Pantages

Luke Bryan w/Chayce Beckham, Conner Smith and Hailey Whitters -  10/14 - Xcel

Energy Center

The Music & Storyteller Sessions feat. Dave Simonett - 11/18 - Womens Club of Minneapolis (rescheduled from May)

Angel Olson - 11/29 - First Avenue

Los Lobos - 12/9 - First Avenue 

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