I featured a couple tunes from John Prine's first new album of new songs in 13 years on this USofA! Also, featured 2 from Tom Waits. His 70's album are set to be reissued this week.

This time a featured new music from Charley Crockett, Wade Bowen, Okkervil River & Joshua Hedley. Also, we remembered George Harrison on his "would be" 75th birthday.

I featured a bunch of new things on this USofA! I played new tracks from Trampled By Turtles, Willie Nelson, HC McEntire & Shakey Graves!

This time I featured a few tunes for Valentines day and a few for Fat Tuesday!

It's not every week that the Superbowl is in town. I attempted to make this and extra special episode!

In this episode USofA, I featured a couple of tunes from Lucinda Williams, as she is now eligible for the early bird special, she just turned 65.

Caitlyn Smith - Thursday 1/25 - Turf Club Drive-By Truckers / Lilly Hiatt - Saturday 1/27 - First Avenue Samantha Fish - Saturday 1/27 - Turf Club Fathom Lane / Jillian Raye - 1/27 - Aster Cafe Amy Helm - 1/28 - The Dakota First Aid Kit / Van William - 1/30 - The Palace Lil Smokies - 1/30 - Turf Club Josh Ritter - 1/31 - Fitzgerald Theatre Crooke / XIII Arrows / Ian Alexy and the Deserters - 1/31 - Turf Club The Bad Companions - 2/5/18 - Famous Dave's Jeff Austin Band - 2/7 - The Dakota Cash'd Out - 2/8 - Turf Club Erik Koskinen / Jack Klatt - 2/10 - Turf Club Sonny Landreth - Sunday 2/11 - The Cedar Turnpike Troubadours. - 2/15 - First Avenue Valerie June - 2/17 - First Avenue Pert Near Sandstone "Winter String Gathering" - 2/23 & 2/24 - The Cedar The Bad Companions - 2/24 - Driftwood Anderso Osborne - 2/25 - The Dakota Sunny Sweeney - 3/2 - Turf Club The SteelDrivers - 3/9 - The Cedar k.d. lang - 3/14 - State Vicky Emerson / Kari Arnett - 3/15 - Aster The Hackensaw Boys - 3/16 - The Hook And Ladder Marty Stuart - 3/17 - Hopkins Center for the Arts Graham Nash - 3/20 & 3/21 - The Dakota Brent Cobb & Them - 3/23 - Turf Club The Last Revel - 3/24 - Turf Club Colter Wall - 3/27 - Fine Line Dylan LeBlanc - 3/30 - Turf Club Courtney Marie Andrews - 4/2 - 7th St. Entry Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound Revue - 4/3 - Palace Theatre Jolie Holland / Samantha Parton - 4/6 - The Cedar Lindi Ortega - 4/15 - The Dakota James Hunter 6 - 4/17 - The Dakota Marshall Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets - 4/19 - Turf Club Chris Hillman / Herb Pedersen - 4/19 - The Dakota Robbie Fulks - 4/20 - The Cedar Calexico - 4/23 - Fine Line Robyn Hitchcock - 4/25, 4/26 - Turf Club Charley Pride - 4/28 - Treasure Island Josh Rouse - 5/19 - The Dakota Elizabeth Cook - 5/20 - The Dakota The Blasters - 6/14 - The Turf Club Blue Ox Festival, Eau Claire, WI - 6/14-6/16 feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Charlie Parr, Margo Price, Tyler Childers James Taylor / Bonnie Raitt - 6/22 - Xcel Chuck Prophet - 8/24 - Turf Club

I finished up the United States of Americana Top 50 album of 2017 on this episode. We also celebrated Johnny Cash and his "At Folsom Prison" album, which turned 50 yesterday!

21. Son Volt - Notes of Blue 22. Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome & the Gone 23. David Rawlings - Poor David's Almanack 24. Dan Auerbach - Waiting On A Song 25. Susto - & I'm Fine Today 26. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 27. Valerie June - Shakedown 28. Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow 29. Pokey LaFarge - Manic Revelations 30. John Moreland - Bad Luv 31. Rodney Crowell - Close Ties 32. Jaime Wyatt - Felony Blues 33. Chuck Berry - Chuck 34. Whitney Rose - Route 62 35. Ben Weaver - Sees Like A River 36. Gregg Allman - Southern Blood 37. Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child 38. Cale Tyson - Careless Soul 39. Josh Ritter - Gathering 40. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

On this episode I played the Top 20 Americana albums of 2017. We also remember some of the musicians we lost in year gone by.