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Martin Devaney

Boom Days & Cuvée Release

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Boom Days runs from 7/17  – 7/19 on 7/18 there will be live local music.

11am: MN Brewery Running Series begins and ends at Boom Island Brewing Company. For information and to sign up, go to http://www.breweryrunningseries.com/ Food by Gastrotruck and Cool Jerk, music by Kendrick Voss

1pm: Boom Room open Duck Duck Gray Truck Food Truck on Site. Parking lot open for outdoor Belgian themed games, including Rolle Bolle, Sjoelbak, etc.

2-7pm: Full slate of bands including The Above Average Tuba Quartet, Blue Ruin, Martin Devaney, Southern Resident Killer Whales featuring Dan Hylton, Loons in the Attic and The Bill Patten Trio.

The Mad Ripple Hootenanny

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The Hoot returns to Harriet Brewing! Songs, stories, and shenanigans with Mary Bue, Martin Devaney, Jeff Schuller, Vicky Emerson-Wallace and more. Let’s do this…

The Mad Ripple Hootenanny: 6:30pm
Food Truck: Pimento Kitchen

The Mad Ripple Hootenanny
The Mad Ripple Hootenanny was started in November, 2006 by writer/host/singer/organizer/songwriter Jim Walsh as a way of bringing songwriters together for a one-night only round-robin of original songs and stories. Over the years, many notables have taken part in the Hoot (Billy Bragg, Dan Wilson, Elvis Perkins, Curtiss A, Ike Reilly, Ben Kyle) and been joined newbies and up-and-coming locals at Java Jack’s, the Beat Coffeeshop, the Guthrie, Banjo Jim’s in New York, Kings Wine Bar, the Aster, and others.

Gramofone (debut show) + Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble

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Gramofone is a new group from Martin Devaney (Crossing Guards, Martin Devaney) that will be debuting with a show at Icehouse in the big time city of Minneapolis on April 4, 2015. The band includes longtime friends Sean McPherson (Heiruspecs), Ryan Paul Plewacki (Sleep Study), as well as newer collaborators Ryan Otte (Crossing Guards) and Adam Lamoureux (Farewell Milwaukee).

The new project falls somewhere in between the Americana songwriter style of Devaney’s solo work and the poppier rock side of things in Crossing Guards. Think Wilco, Grandaddy, (insert your sensitive but rocking indie band of choice here). With Martin as principal songwriter, the band will be more collaborative than his ego ever allowed with past efforts. For the first few appearances, the sets will be made up of new material, filled out with songs from past releases, looking toward having music exclusive to this group.

Rounding out the bill is Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble. After releasing a powerful six-song EP in 2009, the group has played on and off to captive audiences since. Fronted by Crescent Moon (Kill The Vultures, Mixed Blood Majority) and backed by the musicians from Heiruspecs (minus dVrg, plus Steve McPherson), this will be their first appearance in over two years.