The cold and rainy weather in the Twin Cities had put a slightly downer mood after Thursday’s sunny and warm experience. But perhaps the weather was made to order for Courtney Marie Andrews who was bringing an intimate Americana to Saint Paul’s Turf Club and inspiring an audience to gather closer together for her Valentine tour.

Aubory Bugg got the evening started. The Nashville based musician is a singer & songwriter with the EP muscle memory from 2025. Coming out solo with acoustic guitar, Bugg started with nosedive, and those vocals filled the entirety of Turf Club. She’s a tremendous singer, and her plaintive songs (about being cheated on, still wanting an ex, etc.) were poignant but often funny, and the strength of singing made it compelling. The song wasted potential was the quietest starting guitar work, but Bugg had some vocal runs that were impressive for their seeming simplicity (reader, they were not). A live debut of paper airplanes had good guitar plucking to support the dour lyrics. Bugg’s presence and charisma were fantastic and the crowd was focused on her performance throughout. The material continued to be super heavy, as ive come to realize was about the grief of losing someone close to you. Aubory Bugg finished her set with i think i had something, a song about getting older (Dear reader, she turns 22 this year. Sigh.), and she had really owned the moment as the opener.

Courtney Marie Andrews is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Seattle. She began writing and releasing music as a teenager, so has a long history with ten albums, most recently Valentine, released at the start of 2026. Pendulum Swing was an excellent kick off for Andrews’ folk Americana style, as she sat behind keyboards. The band was a quartet (vocals/guitar/keys/flute, guitar/keys, bass, and drums) and Andrews was suddenly up front and center on guitar for Keeper. Her flanking bandmates were great harmony support, as Andrews informed us she was working through the new album in order, and “we are squarely in the middle of side A, but we’ll need to flip the record soon”. Magic Touch effectively incorporated the pedal guitar effect and those vocals may have been made to ride over the top of a steel guitar sound. This was a longer number and the reverb heavy solo at the end with the fading choral riff was pretty top shelf. We got dual keyboards for Little Picture of a Butterfly, which slowly opened up into a bit of a pop ballad, and another flute solo led to a spoken word ending.

Yet another switch of instruments across band members was an impressive display of the musical capabilities of the performers, and had Andrews on the lead guitar solo. Only the Best for Baby continued to have her on lead guitar, and the supporting harmonies and bass made for a very complete sound that may have been the highlight of the evening. Hangman closed the Valentine album strong, as the band headed for a handful of earlier songs. Irene had Andrews solo on stage on acoustic guitar and had a bit of a Joni Mitchell feel to it. Burlap String was a quieter contemplative song and its longer instrumental section was really a model of the latter section. After an introduction of the band, the band finished on If I Told, but Andrew’s wasn’t done with the Turf Club crowd just yet. Coming back onstage solo for an encore, May Your Kindness Remain was a touching song and Courtney Marie Andrews had brought her Americana style and had delivered it in a near pitch perfect performance.