On this United States of Americana I’ll feature new tunes from a funky New Orleans band called Sierra Green and the Giants, The Wild Feathers,  who’ll be playing The Current’s Happy Hour at Sociable Cider Werks on 7/25 & we’ll hear a couple of instrumentals from both Hermanos Gutierrez & the buzzed about LA trio LA LOM, who have their debut album on the way.

I’ll also talk about some of the shows this week from Los Lobos, The Blue Ox Festival and Chuck Prophet.

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2024

Chuck Prophet / The Suitcase Junket - Sunday  6/23 - Turf Club

Los Lobos - Monday 6/24 - The ROC, St. Louis Park

Supersuckers - Wed 6/26 - Hook and Ladder

Brent Cobb - Thurs 6/27 - Fine Line

The Current Happy Hour feat. Clare Doyle - Thursday 6/27 - Milk and Honey Ciders, St. Joseph

Luke LeBlanc Band - Thurs 6/27 - Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

Blue Ox Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Sierra Ferrell, Band of Horses, Watchouse, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Molly Tuttle & more…6/27- 6/29 - Eau Claire, WI. 

Amos Lee - Fri 6/28 - State Theatre 

Little Feat / Dwayne Betts - Sat 6/29 - Fitzgerald Theater

Adrianne Lenker - Sat 6/29 & Sun 6/30 - State Theatre

The Belfast Cowboys - 6/30 - Dakota

Molly Brandt / Katy Tessman & The Turnbuckles / Emily Haavik and The

Int. Treasures - 6/30 - Turf Club

Little Feat w/ Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel - Sun 6/30 - Vetter Stone Amphitheater

Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs - 7/5 - Fitzgerald Theatre

The Waco Brothers - 7/6 - The Cedar

Trampled By Turtles w/ Houndmouth - 7/6  Bayfront Park, Duluth 

The Baseball Project - 7/6 - Turf

Marcia Ball - Sun 7/7 - Dakota

Sarah Morris / Becky Kapell - Sun 7/7 - Icehouse (Courtyard)

Lissie (Duo show) - 7/11 - Hook and Ladder (Outside)

The Current Happy Hour feat. Cassandra Lewis - 7/11 - Surly 

Lissie (Full Band) - 7/12 - Hook and Ladder (Outside)

Nickel Creek / Andrew Bird - 7/13 - Surly

Shakey Graves / Futurebirds - 7/14 - Palace Theatre 

The Wood Brothers - 7/15 - The Recreation Outdoor Center (ROC), St. Louis Park, MN 

Dale Watson and His Lone-Stars - 7/18 - Uptown VFW 

49 Winchester - 7/18 - First Avenue

Lyle Lovett and the Large Band - Fri 7/19 - State Theater

Clare Doyle - 7/24 - Landmark Center, St. Paul (lunchtime concerts)

Celebrating Merle Haggard & Loretta Lynn feat Trevor McSpadden & Ali Gray -  Thurs 7/25 - Turf Club

The Burney Sisters feat. Ryan Young on fiddle - 8/1 - Amsterdam

Chuck Meade / Jason Ringenberg - Fri 8/2 - Uptown VFW

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 8/2 & 8/3 - Armory

The Stray Cats - Thurs 8/8 - Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheatre, Moorhead

The Stray Cats -  Fri 8/9 - The Ledge Amphitheatre - Waite Park, MN  

Old 97’s - Fri 8/9 - First Avenue

Mason Jennings - 8/9 & 8/10 - Parkway 

Dwight Yoakam / The Mavericks - 8/10 - The Ledge Amphitheater 

Charley Crockett / Kelsey Waldon - Fri 8/16 - Palace Theatre

J Streitz and the Long Odds Album Release Show  w/The Union Suits & Eli Gardner - Sat 8/17 - Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)

Logan Ledger / Jeremy Pinnell - 8/22 - Turf Club 

Jamey Johnson / Whitey Morgan and the 78's - Thurs 8/22 Mysic Lake Amphitheatre

Zach Bryan / Turnpike Troubadours / Levi Turner -  Sat 8/24 - US Bank Stadium

Emmy Woods & Penny Peaches Co-Album Release Show - Sat 8/24 - Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)  

Outlaw Festival feat. Willie Nelson / Bob Dylan / John “Cougar” Mellencamp - 9/6 Somerset Amphitheatre 

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men / Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Mon 9/10 - The Cedar

Black Pumas - 9/11 - Surly (rescheduled)

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Farewell Tour - 9/12 - The Ledge Amphitheatre, Waite Park, MN

The Cactus Blossoms - Fri 9/13 - Fitzgerald Theatre

Phosphorescent - Sat 9/14 - Fine Line

Carsie Blanton / Matt the Electrician - Fri 9/20 - The Cedar

Shovels and Rope - 9/24 - Amsterdam Bar and Hall

Cowboy Junkies - 9/30 - Dakota

Kaitlin Butts - 10/1 - Turf Club

Odie Leigh - 10/4 - Fine Line

Billy Bragg - 10/5 - First Avenue

American Aquarium - 10/7 - Turf Club

The DB’s - 10/11 - The Amsterdam

Cody Jinks / The Cadillac 3 / Calder Allen - Sat 10/12 - The Armory

Pokey LaFarge - 10/16 - Fine Line

John Hiatt - Wed, Thur & Sat 10/16,10/17, 10/19 - The Dakota

Madeleine Peyroux - Thurs 10/24 & Fri 10/25 - Dakota 

The Avett Brothers / Trampled By Turtles - Thurs 10/24 - Xcel Energy Center

The Heavy Heavy / Dylan LeBlanc  - 10/24 - First Avenue

Drive-By Truckers - Fri & Sat 10/25 & 10/26 - Uptown Theater

Richard Thompson - 10/26 - Fitzgerald 

Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country - 10/30 - First Avenue

Allison Russell - 11/3 First Avenue

Shane Smith and the Saints - 11/7 - The Varsity Theatre

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

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