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Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, Higher, will be released November 10 on Mercury Nashville.
Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, Higher, will be released November 10 on Mercury Nashville.Becky Fluke
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by Bill DeVille

July 30, 2023

On this United States of Americana I’ll feature a new track from Lucinda Williams, who is fresh off her 5 night stand at the Dakota. Also on the agenda is a new song by Chris Stapleton, which was co-written by Dan Wilson & we’ll hear Turnpike Troubadours from their first album in 5 years!   

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2023

Paul Thorn - Monday 7/31 - Dakota

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

Sunny War - Fri 8/4 - Turf Club

We’ve Got You Covered (benefit for FootHold) feat. Belfast Cowboys. Curtiss A, Little Man, The De Linda’s and Martin Devaney - Sat 8/5 - The Parkway

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

The Jayhawks - 8/17 - Lake Harriet Bandshell

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

The Jerry Douglas Band - 9/7 - The Dakota

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