Dwight Yoakam returns to The Ledge Amphitheater in Waite Park, MN on Saturday, August 10th, with The
Mavericks. Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/12) at 10:00 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com and The Ledge Amphitheater
Box Office.
Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and he is a 21-time nominated, multiple GRAMMY Award
winner. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums, with five of those albums topping Billboard’s
Country Albums chart and another 14 landing in the Top 10. Nearly 40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted on Billboard, with
14 peaking in the Top 10. Yoakam is a recipient of the Artist of the Year award from the Americana Music Association, and
BMI Country Music’s President’s Award, the most prestigious award offered by the organizations. He was also inducted into
the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in the Songwriter/Artist category at the 49th anniversary Gala in 2019 in Nashville,
TN.
Yoakam’s self-curated SiriusXM channel, titled Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat ‘Where Country Went Mod’
launched in April of 2018. The channel celebrates the Bakersfield sound and those whom it has inspired. Guests have
boasted the likes of Post Malone, Lukas Nelson, Beck, Chris Hillman, Jakob Dylan, Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolans, Dave
Alvin, and Jackie DeShannon, among others.
In 2016, Yoakam released his bluegrass album Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars… on Sugar Hill Records. Featuring a band of
bluegrass luminaries, this album boasts a collection of reinterpreted favorites from his catalogue, as well as a cover of
Prince’s “Purple Rain”. Produced by nine-time GRAMMY winner Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton), Jon Randall
(songwriter of “Whiskey Lullaby”), and Yoakam himself, and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, this album reflects the love for
bluegrass music that Yoakam developed at an early age in Kentucky and that has inspired him for many years
thereafter. In 2018, Yoakam released two songs, “Pretty Horses” and “Then Came Monday” (the latter written with Chris
Stapleton).
In addition to his musical career, Yoakam is a formidable film and television actor who has appeared in over 40 feature
films, including Sling Blade and Panic Room. In 2016, he recurred in David E. Kelley’s Amazon series Goliath. Recently, he
appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s film Logan Lucky with Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. Yoakam is capable of
seamlessly melting into his roles and impressively standing toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top thespians over the
course of his storied and successful acting career, including Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker and
Matthew McConaughey.

The Mavericks, the eclectic rock and country group with hit songs O What A Thrill, All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down and
What A Crying Shame are known for crisscrossing musDwical boundaries with abandon. The Miami formed and long-time
Nashville based Americana icons have just released the first single / title track: “Moon & Stars (with Sierra Ferrell)” from
their highly anticipated new album “Moon & Stars”. The award winning group’s 13th studio album marks their first new
music release since 2020’s groundbreaking and chart topping “En Espanol” project, and their first return to a full English
language release since their acclaimed “Brand New Day” album in 2017. “Moon & Stars” is now also available for Pre-Save
across all major DSPs, and Pre-Orders for physical CDs and vinyl, with the complete track listing now unveiled and a final
album release set for May 17th via the band’s own Mono Mundo Recordings imprint in conjunction with Thirty Tigers.