The Way Station
21+ all the time (it is a bar after all)
$5 donation strongly suggested for all events unless otherwise indicated.
WEDNESDAY 9/23
8pm- Jake La Botz
Genre: Blues, Roots
For fans of: Howling Wolf, Lightning Hopkins, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan
After dropping out of school at 15, Jake La Botz hit the road, frequenting punk rock shows, hobo camps, and libraries. He found employment as a roofer, boilermaker, graphite factory worker, and obituary writer. In the midst of this he learned how to play guitar. He played on the streets and in the juke joints of New Orleans, Chicago, and the Mississippi Delta, finding kinship with some of the last of the pre-war era bluesmen: David “Honeyboy” Edwards, “Homesick” James, and “Maxwell Street” Jimmy Davis. La Botz has become known for his "Tattoo Across America Tour," where he tours the country performing at tattoo shops and as an actor in films in which he sometimes sings his original songs: RAMBO dir. Sylvester Stallone, ANIMAL FACTORY dir. Steve Buscemi, ON THE ROAD dir. Walter Salles.
"Jake La Botz is a creator of dark poetry and haunting song, the kind of music that gets in your bones and rides you for days, a sound and vision only those who've been to the bottom and clawed their way back up can generate. His midnight gifts evoke Hank Williams and Skip James as much as Tom Waits and Dylan. Not everybody will get this music - because not everybody is ready for the truth. --Jerry Stahl (author of Permanent Midnight)
"Jake is the modern day Hank Williams." - Steve Buscemi (Actor-Director)
www.jakelabotz.com
9pm- Bear Stevens
Genre: Southern Folk
For fans of: Noah Gundersen, Matt Nathanson, Ed Sheeran
The Bear Stevens duo is a folk driven, story-telling southern spot of lyrical melodies and harmonies. If sweet tea could be heard, it would sound like Bear Stevens.
"An acoustic mix of sweet southern boy and witty lyrical fun." -The Examiner, San Diego
http://bearstevens.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AVfpxxqxJM
http://facebook.com/singbearstevens
http://twitter.com/singbearstevens
http://instagram.com/singbearstevens
10pm- Leah Shaw
Genre: Southern Folk
For fans of: Feist, Amos Lee, Bonnie Raitt
Leah Shaw is a North Carolina-bred singer songwriter with an energy-infused, soulful folk-pop sound developed through busking in the New York City subways. Leah performs honest, melodic music inspired by her own experience wandering away from home and learning to develop her own voice. Look for her new EP 'Home' featuring the 2014 Our State North Carolina Magazine song of the year online this month.
"If you've read Southern authors, you know there's dark, light, tragic and glorious within...sometimes in the same sentence. Well imagine that kind of insightful literature in lyric with the voice of an angel spreading it around. Leah Shaw has that kind of voice and that kind of song. She'll be one to be reckoned with." - Eddie Owen, Red Clay Theater, Atlanta GA
https://youtu.be/_eTDqXU6NZc
www.leahshawmusic.com
www.facebook.com/leahshawmusic
www.soundcloud.com/LeahShaw
THURSDAY 9/24
8pm- Denham
Genre: indie/soul
For fans of: John Mayer, Tove Lo, Jhene Aiko, Alicia Keys, Citizen Cope
Denham is an indie-soul singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn. Her rich vocals provide for easy listening and her lyrics will leave you contemplative. She is influenced by a mixture of R&B and bluegrass artists, which can be heard in her marriage of soulful vocals with bluegrass guitar styling. Denham’s debut EP is set to release within the next few months.
instagram.com/denham.music
facebook.com/denhamsings
twitter.com/helendenhamusic
9pm- Paul Ryan
Genre: Folk, Rock
Paul Ryan is an Irish-born singer and guitarist. Paul has been living and playing music in Brooklyn for the past three years. With songs of life, love, and living, he is inspired by the music of Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, The Beatles, and more.
10pm- Big Dog Run
Genre: Americana
For fans of: The Civil Wars, Mumford and Sons, Jamestown Revival, Fleetwood Mac, Trampled by Turtles
Originally from Colorado, this six piece Americana band has brought a laid back, mile-high attitude to the gritty streets of New York. With thoughtful, entertaining lyrics, a one of a kind percussion spread, and rocking melodies to keep your foot tapping, Big Dog Run always puts on a show that’s not to be missed.
“They have such a full and beautiful sound as well as amazing energy on stage. Truthfully, I haven’t enjoyed a live show this much in a very long time.” - In the Shed Media, Ltd.
“Big Dog Run’s multi-talented regime is bravely paving a new wave sound of a traditional musical art form.” - Detoxaholic
www.bigdogrunmusic.com
11pm- All Night Chemists
Genre: Rock
A band that writes and records a musical potion of hypnotic sounds, unforgettable melodies, deep grooves, and intricate arrangements under the BQE in north Brooklyn...
Brad Gunyon, Len Monachello, and Brandon Wilde are All Night Chemists. Currently releasing two songs a month the trio continues to mix from song to song, both live and on record, with a variety of their fellow musicians. The result are shows and recordings that are truly their own. All Night Chemists' songs have been featured in the television shows Castle, Mercy, Men in Trees, Life is Wild, and Reaper. The song "Point of View" was featured in the 2007 film "Ornaments"
“The Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist has a mellow, reflective voice that speaks to experience and a way with instrumentation that, as they say, goes easy on the ears.” 3hive
http://www.allnightchemists.com/
http://allnightchemists.bandcamp.com/
FRIDAY 9/25
8pm Chaquis
Genre: 1 Woman Band - Urban Folk/Soul
For fans of: Amos Lee , India.Arie, Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Otis Redding
Melodic SingerSongwriter & 1 Woman Band, Chaquis Maliq (ShaKees MahLeek),
delivers the sound of Eccentric Tasteful Grooves and Honey Soul to her listeners. ArtsQuest calls her “Beauty, Brains, and Power of Soul”. Chaquis Maliq made the decision to transform as an artist in 2011 by picking up the guitar and displaying her genuine side;
with the motivation to continue to uplift her audience on her first project featuring Mr. Maliq (her guitar) , entitled “Harmonies of Me” (Summer 2013). In 2014, Maliq made her successful debut as the 1 Woman Band for her Spring Tour, and received media attention as the 1 Woman Band performance artist to be featured in coverage of the Columbus Arts Festival for Fox28’s Good Day Columbus (Ohio). Chaquis’ guitar completes her cozy sound that locks you into her simple but complex lyrics and melodies.
http://chaquismlaiq.com
9pm- Tim Haufe
Genre: Indie/Folk/Acoustic
For fans of: Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Daniel Rossen, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder
Tim Haufe is a songwriter and musician who grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY. His music is volatile, desperate, beautiful, dynamic, and full of hope. His fifth self-produced album, The End of the Year (November 2012), has received critical acclaim. Although Haufe typically performs as a solo act, the Tim Haufe Trio presents his music in an expanded and exciting form, recalling the full band arrangements present throughout his studio work. Haufe currently lives in New York, where he is striving to establish for his music the grand reputation that it deserves.
“Tim has all the qualities one looks for in a live performance: He is in tune with the elasticity of the crowd. I could feel myself being drawn closer and closer to the music as the song went on.” -Daniel Dissinger, InStereoPress
www.timhaufe.com
timhaufe.bandcamp.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krV3SpkYi4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3qfi82iBb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_mdnPKn6q8
10pm- Orange Burn
Genre: Funk
For fans of: The Isley Brothers, Orgone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Chic, Tommy Bolin, Snarky Puppy
Orange Burn has a grand vision to make the most interesting funk music the world has ever heard. We play funk music and put jazz influence, prog influence and rock influence into that. We write catchy music that has groove, soul and sophistication. We
’re a five piece and out music feature all of the members talents.
facebook.com/OrangeBurnNYC
Soundcloud.com/OrangeBurn
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZFi5ja-OJYtvVTvgBRONg
11pm- Hanging Hills
Genre: Folk Rock
For fans of: Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, CSNY, Midlake
Hanging Hills is a folk rock band from Willimantic, CT, a source for the growing music and arts scene in the state’s quiet corner. Crafting songs that are heavily rooted in the past while maintaining a steady foothold in the present, they constantly bridge the gap between nostalgia and innocent wonder.
"Beautiful and poignant lyrics are draped around spacious and lush musical pieces like the accoutrements of a vast musical dwelling." - Chip McCabe, Lonesome Noise
https://www.facebook.com/hanginghills?fref=ts
https://hanginghills.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-divide
SATURDAY 9/26
8pm- Aurical
Genre: Singer/Songwriter
For fans of: Tori Amos, Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Pearl Jam
Founded by musicians Rachel Rossos and Michael Gallant, Aurical is the sort of indie rock band your grandmother would love: honest, polite, well-groomed, and capable of telling a damn good story. Aurical pulls from influences ranging from grunge, modal jazz, and Motown to folk, soul, and French art songs. Their debut album, Something to Say (Gallant Music) was recorded in Berkeley and San Francisco, California and received praise from audiences and critics alike. They currently play and record in New York City, including recent appearances at CMJ Music Marathon and Lincoln Center.
“A rare talent” - The Times of Trenton
“Aurical finds the duo in pop-rock mode, and their cleverness comes through right away.” - M: Music and Musicians
“Things get really interesting on 'Redhead Girl', with a piano style that sounds like a cross between Ben Folds and Tori Amos. The most original and intriguing work on the album, ‘Redhead Girl’ shows Aurical's ability to push the envelope and do it well.” - Wildy’s World
http://www.auricalmusic.com
www.facebook.com/auricalmusic
www.soundcloud.com/aurical
www.youtube.com/rachelrossos
www.cdbaby.com/aurical
9pm- Sun Thief
Genre: Folk Rock
For fans of: Fleet Foxes, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Avett Brothers
The dulcet harmonies of Sun Thief have been lauded by many a listener from the far reaches of Crown Heights to the stony rows of Park Slope. Formed in the Spring of 2014, Sun Thief consists of Nathaniel Riehl (vox/guitars), Patrick Cochrane (vox/guitars), and John Matson (vox/drums). All members contribute to the band's catalogue of original music which can be described as folky, sometimes ethereal, and always introspective. The band plans to release their first EP this Spring.
soundcloud.com/nathan-riehl
10pm- Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak
"You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.”
So said Sherwood Anderson in his great book, Winesburg, Ohio. Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak knows all about accidents. Of birth. Of place and strange times. Of music heard through screen windows in summer, of lonely faces in discos while blizzards raged outside in the Northern night.
What’s a young criminal to do? Read every book he can get his hands on, obsess over record club 45s, play the theme song to MASH over and over on a rented trumpet, lose a thousand fistfights till he finally wins one. Ride a stolen bike, a bus, a train, get out.
Years later, redemption at last. Robert Whaley is just about where he should be. Compared to everyone from David Byrne to Leonard Cohen, he’s been welcoming audiences into a private world of enchantment and debauchery, and oh the influences are clear: Anderson (words and emotions), Fossee (dance and controlled hysteria), poetry (Artaud and
O’Hara).
Whaley had a lot of practice riding the line between rock n’ roll, performance art, and stand up comedy as the front man for The Niagaras, a legendary force of Manhattan’s live music scene of 80s and 90s, when a wild front man could dance on bar tops and swing from the
rafters without getting banned, except for when he was:
“Lunacy? Spectacle? And music too??”- Rene Chun, New York Times
No wonder the attraction included a “celebrity” following – everyone from Ethan Hawke to
Kevin Spacey to Gwyneth Paltrow to the good people in Anthrax.
As a songwriter, Whaley has covered a lot of ground and has shown range through a number of outlets. He cowrote and recorded the original score for the feature film, Joe the King, starring Val Kilmer, and has also written for the stage –his rock musical Wrong Way Up ran off-Broadway at NYC’s Zipper Theater. He is currently working with playwright Matthew Freeman on a musical adaptation of the great 1908 novel, Buried Alive – now titled Selling Sacred Objects.
Meat Market Lullaby, the second album from Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak, reflects an obsession with pre-1974 soul, filled with nuance and tender bitter sweetness. Jazz pianist Mara Rosenbloom sets the tone with her loose/attacking, touch on grand piano and Rhodes. Pete O’Connell lends a sophisticated sense of drive and counterpoint as both bassist and co-arranger. Whaley’s long-time collaborator, lead guitarist and singer, Tony Grimaldi, shines with masterful harmonies and chunky guitar lines. Chris Schultz, percussionist with Blue Man Group, shimmers, cascades and of course, rocks.
Recorded live in the studio with a minimum of overdubs, a maximum of misfit charm, and this: “Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples.” (Sherwood Anderson, again.)
www.comictalesoftragicheartbreak.com
TUESDAY 9/29
8pm- Cat Pedini
Genre: nerd rock
For fans of: Amanda Palmer, David Bowie, The Monkees, Johnny Karate
Cat Smith is an actor, a musician, a cosplayer, and a general nuisance. She and her ukulele have charmed the collective socks off of LI Who and LI Geek (as the house band, no less), ReGeneration Who, Wicked Faire, and The Way Station. You can find her on YouTube and Instagram as deadlightsgirl.
“Cat kicks more ass than an ass-kicking machine on Ass-Kicking Day in Ass Town.” – Dr Andy Lange, Circuit Six
https://www.facebook.com/deadlightsgirl?fref=ts
9pm- Hiro Suzuki
Genre: Blues, Country, Rock, etc...
http://profile.ameba.jp/hs335bluz/
10pm- 72nd Street Band
Genre:Jazz/Pop/Covers
For fans of: Sting, Dave Matthew's band, jazz standards
Nostalgic, Beautiful, Fun, Sing Along.
"The richness and beauty of the sound stopped me in my tracks." - The Wall Street Journal
72ndstreetorchestra.com
11pm- Walking Tree
Genre: Progressive Folk
For fans of: Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Jim O’Rourke, Jane’s Addiction, Kurt Vile, Tortoise
Cascades of fingerpicked guitar arpeggios of abnormal chords and soaring, ethereal vocal melodies characterize WalkingTree’s unique sound. Lyrics of a personal nature accent the moody atmosphere created by their performance. When he performs as a solo act, lead singer Charlie Kessenich brings the vulnerability he attempts to create in his music out to the forefront. The end product is an experience of a unique perspective on the world, one that all attendees will surely feel a part of by the end of the show.
https://soundcloud.com/walkingtreewalks
WEDNESDAY 9/30
8pm- Rapid River Boys
Genre: Americana/Newgrass
For fans of: The Avett Brother, Trampled By Turtles, Greensky Bluegrass, Grateful Dead.
Original Music written in New York’s Southern Tier. Developed by many years of traveling, retiring, and repeating.
www.RapidRiverBoys.com
9pm- Patricia Santos
Genre: cello rock, singer-songwriter
For fans of: Bessie Smith,, Gillian Welch, DeVotchKa
Patricia is a singing cellist (vocellist) who loves many musical styles and uses both traditional and new cello techniques to craft her songs and arrangements. Particular loves are blues, rock, and folk styles, and getting a little weird.
“like drinking awesome through the ears” - Celestial Blue Music
“dark diverse cello rocker” - Lucid Culture
PatriciaSantos.com
FB.com/cellopatricia
10pm- Mr. Kincaid
Genre: Alt Guitar Rock
For fans of: Guadalcanal Diary, Replacements, Buzzcocks, Pixies, early REM, Hudu Gurus, Soul Asylum
Mr. Kincaid is an alternative guitar rock band based in Brooklyn. Members Adam Rosicke (Guitar & Vocals), Corina Stark (Bass & Vocals) & Charlie Spickler (Drums & Vocals) create what they like to call “Crunchy Rock for your Crunchy Soul”. Harkening back to a time when loud and melodic went hand in hand, Mr. Kincaid marries the heavy guitars and drums of bands like the The Pixies, Guadalcanal Diary and The Buzzcocks with melodic lines of the Bodeans, early REM and the Replacements. Long time veterans of the New York indie music scene, Rosicke, Stark and Spickler are bringing old school indie music back to the future.
Mr. Kincaid is a band with something to say. With songs ranging from nerdy delusions of grandeur in “Duct Tape and a Dream” Mr. Kincaid isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions. From relationships gone awry in “Jane” and “Good Man” and “Perfect, " exploring pop culture’s painful demise in “Cartoon Friends” and “Fountain of Middle Age,” to jabs at the current state of affairs with “God Spelled Backwards” and “Wag My Dog,” Mr. Kincaid is not afraid to take on any and all issues and give them the sound beatings they so richly deserve.
Mr. Kincaid is currently in the studio recording their first album “Wag My Dog” for a fall 2015 release.
http://www.misterkincaid.com/
11pm- Deby Medrez Pier
Genre: Folk / Cabaret
Medrez's inspiring, haunting and melancholic tunes recall on echoes of the long forgotten Comedian Harmonistes, Andrew Bird and Nino Rota. Her songs are dedicated to universal and philosophical questions about life, judaism, love and Identity.
"Brooklyn-via-Mexico-City singer/songwriter Deby Medrez Pier depicts the final beauty of transience in her painterly songs... the musician conjures a sweetly fleeting seaside romance with a Hemingway-esque elegance while she conveys perhaps ephemeral personal frustration. Beyond its sheer prettiness, most striking about Pier's music is its ageless nature; these deeply felt, sparsely-constructed tracks may sound like they came from early twentieth-century Paris but they're just as vital in twenty-first-century New York." - Zach Weg, The Deli Mag
debymedrezpier.com
https://soundcloud.com/medrez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Mz9FeFmuw
FRIDAY 10/2
8pm- George Gilmore
Genre: Folk, Singer/songwriter
For fans of: Nick Lowe, Leonard Cohen, Justin Townes Earle, Kris Kristofferson
This New York City veteran singer/songwriter/guitar slinger has been a mainstay on the Americana/roots-rock scene for over two decades. His latest (I am a Weed) finds him in great form on these (lucky) 13 tunes exploring the journey of life with and without love, accompanied by an able stable of well-known Big Apple players. Tops for me is his gospel-fueled offering "The Good Lord Smote My Eye."
http://www.reverbnation.com/georgegilmoresolo
http://georgegilmoremusic.com
10pm- Omar Ndiaye
Genre: Mbalax, Afro-pop, World
For fans of: Baba Maal; Youssou N'dour; Vieux Farka Toure, Frere Juiffe
Electro-Acoustic Afro-pop from Mali, Senegal and Goree Island which is off the coast of Senegal mixed with Latin, Funk and Soul. Vocals are in Wolof and French and are reminiscent of the great Baba Maal.
https://www.facebook.com/Senegaltv/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCbT6ZwbED8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7-mHpUG73A
11pm- Mike O'Malley and the Beastie Band
Genre: Screamer-Songwriter.
For fans of: Tom Waits, Glen Hansard, The Decemberi
sts, Fiona Apple
Mike O'Malley carries a lot of anger around. He endeavors to funnel said extra energy into a rollicking, kinetic set of folk songs for drinking, howling, and stomping to. He would specifically love to howl with you.
SATURDAY 10/3
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