The new Charley Crockett album is out this week! We’re gonna check some tunes! Also, my old friend Gary Louris of the Jayhawks just turned 70, we’ll hear a couple of tunes from his new solo album & we’ll remember musician, actor & entertainer David Johansen, who passed away a couple weeks ago.

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2025 

The Teskey Brothers / Anna Graves - 3/16 - Uptown Theatre

The Belfast Cowboys  St./ Pat’s Party - Mon 3/17 - Turf Club

Lee Bains III - Wed 3/19 - 7th St. Entry

Dead Man Winter / Little Fevers - Thurs. 3/20 - First Avenue

BJ Barnam (of American Aquarium) - 3/21 - Turf Club 

Bella White - 3/21 - Fine Line

Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives - Fri 3/21 - Hopkins Center for the Arts 

Marshall Crenshaw, “40 + Years in ShowBiz” - Sun 3/23 - Parkway Theatre

Lilly Hiatt - 3/23 - Turf Club

Junior Brown - 3/24 & 3/25 - The Dakota

Martha Wainwright - 3/25 - Hook and Ladder

Donovan Frankenreiter - 3/25 - Turf CLub

The War & Treaty - 3/26 - Fine Line

Waylon Wyatt - 3/28 - 7th St. Entry

Buffalo Nichols - 3/28 - The Cedar

Joshua Ray Walker - 3/29 - 7th St. Entry

Gary Louris - 3/29 - Parkway Theatre

ZZ Ward - 3/29 - Fitzgerald Theatre

Tyler Childers - 4/9 - Target Center

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - 4/11 - Treasure Island - Red Wing

James McMurtry / BettySoo - 4/15 - Fine Line

Big Richard w/ Caleb Caudle - Wed. 4/16 - Turf

Lucero (Unplugged) - 4/19 - Turf Club

Corb Lund & Hayes Carll -  Sat. 4/19 - The Cedar

The Silos 40th Anniversary Tour w/Jonathan Rundman - Wed 4/23 - Turf Club

Ben Kweller - 4/28 - Fine Line Phil Cook: Solo Piano Show - 4/30 Icehouse 

Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson) - 5/6 - Armory

Allison Russell / Kara Jackson - 5/9 - First Avenue 

Dan Rodriguez - 5/9 - Parkway Theatre 

Julien Baker & Torres - 5/11 - First Avenue

Larkin Poe / Amythyst Kiah - 5/16 - First Avenue

The Devil Makes Three - 5/17 - First Avenue 

Southern Culture On The Skids - 5/25 - Fine Line

Dwight Yoakam / The Mavericks / 49 Winchester - Sat 6/7 - Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, Rochester 

Alison Krauss - 6/8 - Ledge Amphitheatre, Waite Park

Alison Krauss - 6/10 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre 

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - 6/11 - Palace Theatre

Blue Ox Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Margo Price, Orville Peck, Greensky Bluegrass, Cole Chaney, Hurray for the Riff Raff etc. - 6/26 - 6/28 - Whispering Pines Campground,  Eau Claire, WI 

Mekons - 7/9 - Fine Line

Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes - 7/9 - Parkway Theatre

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram / Samantha Fish - Wed 7/9 - Pantages Theatre 

Lord Huron - 7/22 - Armory

Music By the Mississippi feat. Shane Smith and the Saints, James Whitton Band, Trenton Fletcher 7/25 Shakey Graves,  Soul Asylum, Wild Horses, Charlie Parr, Mike Munson - 7/26 - Treasure Island Amphitheatre, Welch MN  

Sierra Ferrell - 8/2 - Surly

The Jayhawks - 8/7 - Utepils

Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush - 8/17 - Pantages Theatre

Charley Crockett - 8/23 - Surly Brewing Festival Field

Bonnie Raitt - 9/20 - The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park 

Greensky Bluegrass - 10/11 - Palace Theatre

Residencies

Roe Family Singers (early) Matt Arthur & Friends (late) - Mondays - 331 Bar

The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs - Every other Thursday - Palmer’s Bar/ 

Mary Cutrufello Band - Tuesdays - White Squirrel Bar, St Paul (Early shows, 6pm)

St. Dominic's Trio - Tuesdays - Driftwood, Minneapolis