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Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real perform on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' on Monday, June 17, 2019.
Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real perform on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' on Monday, June 17, 2019.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
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by Bill DeVille

July 16, 2023

This USoA featured songs from local artist Lucy Michelle, also Ryan Bingham, Jobi Riccio and Lukas Nelson & POTR, who’s new album was issued on Friday!

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2023

Turn Turn Turn - Sunday 7/16 - Hewing Hotel Rooftop  

American Aquarium - Sunday   7/16 - Fine Line

Lucy Michelle Album Release Show - 7/16 - Parkway

Dan Israel - Fri 7/21 - Lake Harriet Bandshell

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

First Aid Kit - 7/23 - Palace Theater

Sarah King - 7/23 - KJ’s Hideaway

Courtney Marie Andrews - 7/24 - Turf Club

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

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

GA-20 - Fri 7/28 - Turf Club 

Paul Thorn - 7/31 - Dakota

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 

Turn Turn Turn / The Scarlet Goodbye - 8/19 - Hook and Ladder

Bettye LaVette - 8/22 - The Dakota

Los StaitJackets / Jake La Botz  - 8/24 - Hook and Ladder

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

ZZ Ward / Jaime Wyatt - 9/21 - Fine Line

Caitlyn Smith - 9/29 - First Avenue

Buffalo Nichols - 10/7 - Turf Club 

Ray Lamontagne - 10/1 - State Theater

Robert Cray - 10/6 - Pantages Theater

Margo Cilker - 10/10 - Turf Club

Bonnie Raitt - 10/11 - State Theater

Dale Watson (solo) - 10/12 - Hook and Ladder

Big Fat Love: A Tribut to John Prine - 10/13 - Hook and Ladder

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

Brian Setzer - 10/13 - State Theater

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

Energy Center

Old Crow Medicine Show - 10/21 - Palace Theater

Dar Williams - 11/11 - The Cedar 

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