1st Wednesdays monthly 3-4 songwriters on stage at the same time and they take turns playing songs for 90 min or 2 hour set.

About this event

Every first Wednesday of the month, Max Markin (Union Suits/Redwing Blackbird) hosts 3-4 songwriters on stage at the same time and they take turns playing songs for 90 min to a 2 hour set.

This month we have special guests songwriters Becky Kapell, Luc Parker and Michael Gay.

Michael Gay is a Minneapolis-based country folk storyteller. Best known for his project Almighty American, Michael quickly established his place among the Twin Cities’ finest Americana artists, winning fans and media praise for his honest, accessible songwriting and magnetic stage presence.

Minnesota songwriter and singer Becky Kapell picked up her teenage son’s guitar on a whim and began teaching herself to play at the tender age of 42. With no intention of writing songs, as she taught herself basic chords, melodies began to emerge and then somewhat magically lyrics attached themselves to the melodies. She recorded 12 of those songs with old friends in Portland, Oregon (where Becky lived as a young adult), for her first record For Now, released in 2012. Based on the strength of that recording, Becky caught the attention of respected Minnesota musician/guitar player Paul Bergen and as the two began playing together her song-writing morphed from the folkier sound of her first record to the more guitar-driven sound of her 2018 release, That Certain Ache. They have continued to play and record together along with Becky’s band The Fat 6 which often includes various luminaries from the Minnesota music world.

Luc Parker has been in many bands and has booked many shows in our Minneapolis music community. His latest band is called Fletcher Coulee. Fletcher Coulee is a named after a ghost and comes from the interminably solo brain of Luc Parker of Mpls infamy, featuring the talents of Bill Rohla, most recently of The Chinchees, and Nato Coles and BDB, Graham Faulkner of Bouncer Fighter, Wild Child, and Neotypes, and Alex Forred of Ogre Smash Death Boom. It is not punk.

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