The Way Station
21+ all the time (it is a bar after all)
$5 donation strongly suggested for all events unless otherwise indicated.
WEDNESDAY 5/18
8pm- Marc Delgado
Genre: Alt-Rock/Americana/Folk
For fans of: R.E.M/Son Volt/Bob Dylan/Pavement/Grant Lee Buffalo
Marc Delgado’s songs are eclectic and unexpected and deal with characters trying to make sense of the American Landscape.
www.marcxdelgado.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wounded-Knee/1468212120082062
http://www.reverbnation.com/musician/344501
9pm- Cancion Franklin
Genre: Americana, Country, Blues
For fans of: Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Lightning Hopkins
Unsigned, unasked and unapologetic, Cancion is a true DIY singer/songwriter. His songwriting ranges from outlaw country stylings and driving blues/rock raptures, to gorgeously vulnerable, raw, gentle music. He is often accompanied by Alex Whelan, on backup vocals and guitar, blending tight harmonies with a broken down home guitar attack.
www.cancionsito.bandcamp.com
10pm- Will Leet
Genre: Americana
For fans of: Lake Street Dive, Good Old War, Ryan Adams
Will Leet is a Brooklyn-based artist who crafts wholesome songs that blend Pop, Folk
and Alt-Country. Where vocal harmony, acoustic timbre and electric rhythm come together, you'll find him and his bandmates gathered around a campfire. Drawing inspiration from experiences in nature and being on the open road, Will Leet and his band hope to invoke feelings of sentimentality and lightheartedness.
http://www.facebook.com/willleetmusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRdvpVEbarM
https://m.soundcloud.com/willleetmusic/nonewplace
11pm- The Travelers
Genre: Rock-Hop/Funk & Blues/Stoner Soul
For fans of: The Hazelton Brothers, SmokeDawg Williams, Air Force One, Count Bassface
Our music is a mix of jazz, blues, and hip hop. We'll take you places in the universe you've never been.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZQwi8lDys
music-thetravelers.bandcamp.com
Reverbnation.com/travelersmusic
THURSDAY 5/19
8pm- Kenny Young & the Eggplants
Genre: Intergalactic folk-and-roll
For fans of: Fountains of Wayne. Honestly, the Eggplants don’t sound all that much like anyone in particular, but DJs frequently play us alongside other musicians with oddball lyrics and catchy tunes, including They Might Be Giants, Warren Zevon, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, the Ramones, the Flaming Lips, Devo, the B-52s, Jonathan Richman, Violent Femmes, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, and Life in a Blender. (But we really don’t sound like any of them … and some people think Kenny sounds like Tom Petty!)
Brooklyn’s inimitable Kenny Young and the Eggplants play intergalactic folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, scary bits of cheese, aliens, time travel, inebriated crime-solving birds, and malevolent washing machines, among other important topics. Their spaceship has frequently landed in the UK, where they won a prestigious Herald Angel Award for their performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, and where one of their live radio sessions was selected for a Best of the BBC Archives series. In NYC, the Eggplants received an Honorable Mention from Pop Matters for their performance at the CMJ Festival, and they were recognized with a Special Mention in a BMI songwriting competition for their monsterpiece, "The House at Creepy Lake." The most improbable honor for the band so far occurred in the pages of Time Magazine, where the author Alexander McCall Smith included the Eggplants in his "Short List" of favorite artistic discoveries. The Eggplants have recorded five albums, which have been played profusely on local station WFMU, and which have careened onto the Top 30 charts at various other college radio stations across North America.
"The Eggplants mix brainy, funny lyrics with a fine sense of what makes pop music wonderful." - Dr. Demento
"Gentle insanity with irresistible tunes" - The Herald
“They mix the wit of Jonathan Richman with the sound of the Nico-era Velvets to create a surreal and satirical gumbo.” - Sunday Herald
“A wonderful weird band” - The Scotsman
"Surreal entertainment ... energetic, unpredictable and fun ... There is genius among the Eggplants." - Sunday Mail
“The naivete Kenny wears on his sleeve is genuine - think of an East Village Brian Wilson, without the money but still tilted in his own wacked-out way.” - Village Voice
“Giving eloquent voice to the multifaceted neuroses of prolonged adolescence” - The New York Times
"The most amazing, amusing, wonderful, whacky band in this or any other town." - Alexander McCall Smith (author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
"Aubergenius!" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
"An endearingly oddball trio, carving their singular niche somewhere between whimsy, psychedelia, and classic lo-fi pop." - The Scotsman
"Brooklyn's finest ... They channel the spirit of Jonathan Richman into a sort of wonky Velvet Underground/Beach Boys hybrid that has to be seen to be believed." - Sunday Herald
www.kennyyoungandtheeggplants.com
Video game – “Attack of the Maniac Librarian” – based on an Eggplants song: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/3149066/
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/they-are-immature-perhaps-but-kenny-and-the-eggplants-are-having-far-too-much-fun-to.25053283
9pm- Talay
Genre: Power Pop, Indie-Rock
For fans of: Weezer, Blink 182, Fountains of Wayne, The Front Bottoms
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Megan Talay plays punchy power-pop that draws comparisons to 90's favorites like No Doubt, Blink 182, and Third Eye Blind. Her songs engage audiences with lyrics that are equally cleaver, emotionally vulnerable, and even biting at times. Talay has also won praise for her lead guitar work, stretching out into wah-inflected, blues-influenced solos over the band’s tight rhythm section.
“Memorable melody lines, tight harmonies, and passionate, powerful vocals” - Bruce Figler, 107.1 The Peak
“From the fantastic guitar to the detailed and thought provoking lyrics…this is a release that stands out from a lot of things I've listened to this year.” - Backseat Mafia
http://www.talaymusic.com
10pm- The Waysties
Genre: Scotch-soaked Celtish folk-rock
For fans of: The Decemberists, Battlefield Band, Great Big Sea, Flogging Molly
We are what happens when a group of Way Station regulars realize that we allllllll like drinking. And music. And attention. Our music is a mix of traditional folk,
unconventional covers, and irreverence. And drinking. Did we mention the drinking?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8-GEifees&index=2&list=PLtOEX_
jsUdi9vxNpvDXxuCV6w89VsEPl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulUSaTw-Ul8&index=5&list=PLtOEX_jsUdi9vxNpvDXxuCV6w89VsEPl
11pm- Tumbleweed Highway
Genre: Americana
For fans of: Little Feat, Marshall Tucker, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Gov’t Mule
Guitar Driven, Blues fused Americana.
"Tumbleweed Highway is a great regional band that has everything you are looking for in a performance: good songs played by good musicians with a good attitude. They are easy to work with, helpful and audiences love them" -Eric Larsen, Chenango Blues Society President/Founder
"I hear Gram Parsons when I listen to your music. The stories, the Vibe. You guys are a lot of fun and it's nice to see you're touring around spreading your brand of grassroots style country blues. We can't wait to have you back." - Dana Potter, MAGIK 101.7 FM, Endicott, NY
www.tumbleweedhighway.com
FRIDAY 5/20
Wasabassco's All The Way
Doors at 8:30pm. Sets start at 9pm. With Interstitial Go-Go and goodies.
Different MCs and performances for each set.
Wasabassco brings it all to Fridays at The Way Station. It's the monthly show where we raise the stage and clear the floor to create an atmosphere to party and enjoy a full evening of Wasabassco programming.
Sets hosted by Stormy Leather and Sydni Deveraux, with performances by Stormy, Sydni, Evelyn Vinyl, Giovanna De L'amour, Nasty Canasta, Penny Wren, Qualms Galore, plus go-go dancing and more!
TICKETS:
- $20 General Admission to the night. Standing and limited seating.
- VIP Booth, with guaranteed seating for 5 people. $175 (limited to one booth)
Purchase of booth includes admission for 5 people.
- VIP Table for 2 people, up close and personal, the best seats in the house. $70
Purchase of table includes admission for 2 people.
- Hightop Table for 3 people $90.
Purchase of table includes admission for 3 people.
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE!
SATURDAY 5/21
3:30 - Cat Planet Screening
8pm- Zamba 2 Samba
Genre: Roots Samba
For fans of: Marisa Monte, Elis Regina, Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho, Adoniran Barbosa
Conceived as a tribute to "Samba de Raiz" or roots samba, Zamba 2 Samba delves deep into Brazil's musical past offering reinterpretations of Brazil's most joyous music from the '40's, '50's & '60's. Led by Susan Justice's beautiful, clear voice and backed by both Brazilian and a revolving group of international musicians, Zamba 2 Samba will take you to a small samba club in Lapa, Rio...at least for the night.
reverbnation.com/zamba2samba
9pm- The Institute of Flyer Learning
Genre: Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, Electronic
For fans of: Little Dragon, Janelle Monae, Theophilus London, Outkast, The Flaming Lips
The Institute of Flyer Learning is a Brooklyn based hip-hop/neo-soul band composed of a singer, a rapper, and a rhythm section. Human vocals mesh with electronic beats, pulsing bass lines, and guitar arpeggios pouring out like sunshine. Flyer Learning performs original songs drawing upon eclectic influences ranging from old school hip-hop and electronic music to art-rock and funk. For good measure, they also perform some retro-future/re-mixed covers of classic hip-hop/soul songs, paying homage to the grand masters that came before, rocked the mic, dropped the mic, and inspired them to get up and write.
www.flyerlearning.com
soundcloud.com/flyerlearning
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_pKBR6Q2b6CYgKaRtrVlMw
10pm- Chamber Band
Genre: Coffee Rock
For fans of: The Decemberists, They Might Be Giants, Dungeons & Dragons
With unchecked charisma and a near-mythical dedication to pouring every last ounce of themselves into their performances, Brooklyn mainstays Chamber Band have ascended to indie rock notoriety in a scene already notorious for being pretty far out there. Gorgeous guy-girl harmonies ascend over spirited beats and bass, then descend into agonized groans for love won and lost, all with enough magical underpinnings and references to geek arcana that you'll be knowingly nudging your dance partner between tunes. The perfect scene for music nerds (and nerd nerds) who, above all, just want to dance.
“Unholy.” – San Diego Reader
“A critical hit.” – Trollish Delver
“This is the shit right here.” – Nerd Titan
“Damn good… damn good indeed.” – Geek Radio Daily (GRD 198)
“Epic… worthy of the bardic tradition.” – BlogCritics.org
“I was reminded of Led Zeppelin, another band that never shied away from constructing little lyrical universes.”– Feast of Music
“Seriously, if you haven't already clicked on the link to their Bandcamp page and bought this, you need to do that right now.” - Geekland
www.chamberband.com
www.youtube.com/ChamberBandNYC
https://www.facebook.com/events/372815079583990/
SUNDAY 5/22
4pm - Moving Pictures: Super 8 & Independent Short Film Night!
We start our screening with kids wanting to make a zombie movie when real trouble arrives via a train crash. But wait, there's more! At 6:00, we're showcasing some of the incredible talent we have here at the Way Station. We've got horror, whimsy, drama, Doctor Who, zombie pickles - what more could you want? Oh yeah, special drinks at the bar!
9pm - Nerdeoke! Hosted by Joe Rude of the Kings of Karaoke!
MONDAY 5/23
8:30pm-Wax: Stories on Vinyl
Featured Performers and YOU! We always have slots for folks who are burning to tell us all about their song-related stories of love/heartbreak/childhood dreams/jaws-of-life and then spin those very songs on vinyl. Slots are 9 minutes each. Come on down.
TUESDAY 5/24
7pm- Pint of Science
10pm- Andrea Mir
Genre: Pop/Soul
For fans of: Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Adele, Diane Reeves, Jamie Cullum
Andrea Mir is a singer songwriter from Barcelona. Influenced by pop music, soul, modern jazz... as well as Mediterranean music. With her two instruments, the voice and the piano, she is going to share different experiences through music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjlGHQG_Q8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyZk7OrH_Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V79Cbvv6B8E
https://soundcloud.com/andrea-mir/on-saturday
11pm- Gregory Dillon
Genre: Electronic
For fans of: Empire of the Sun, Enya, Owl City
Gregory Dillon is a kind natured singer-songwriter who gave birth to his 80s-stained sound when combining his romances for new wave music, indie-rock, and electronic dance. Born in New Hampshire and based in New York, he is a delicate yet fiery performer who tirelessly works to craft full stage arrangements with looping machines, programmed percussion, and futuristic keyboards.
“Stacked with a wall of synth, haunting vocals, and mystic drama, Gregory Dillon’s carefully constructed timbre unfolds into a dreamy, reverb-washed haze.” - The Richland Mall Guide
www.gregorydillon.com
youtube.com/gregorydillonmusic
soundcloud.com/gregorydillonmusic
facebook.com/gregroydillonmusic
instagram.com/gregorydillonmusic
WEDNESDAY 5/25
8pm- Dan Krochmal
Genre: Alternative/Soul
For fans of: Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, Ryan Adams
Melbourne-raised singer-songwriter Dan Krochmal is in his element playing in softly lit bars, silencing crowds with his soaring voice, innovative guitar-playing, and heartfelt songs. Often armed with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and his warm multi-octave voice, the 23-year-old's soulful, bluesy sound is a throwback to an earlier time.
dankrochmal.com
youtube.com/dankrochmal
facebook.com/dankrochmal
9pm- Michael Drabik
Genre: Blues/Soul
For fans of: John Mayer, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix
michaeldrabik.com
https://michaeldrabik.bandcamp.com/
10pm- FREDO
Genre: Free-form Funk, Punk Jazz
For fans of: The Bad Plus, Medeski Martin & Wood, BadBadNotGood, Vulfpeck, White Denim, Soulive, Frank Zappa, Eric Dolphy
FREDO sways between free improvisation and deep melodies while always staying true to the groove.
Fredojams.com
@fredojams
11pm- A Valley Son
Genre: Rock
For fans of: Father John Misty and Band of Horses
90s shoegaze rock with a twang.
avalleyson.com
THURSDAY 5/26
8pm- Braden Palmer
Genre: Alternative/Grunge/Rock
For fans of: Chris Cornell, Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots
Dreamy, crunchy, cloudy introspective rock.
http://bradenpalmer.com/bands-projects
http://bradenmusic.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA2erll6KWI
9pm- Elizabeth Hunter & the Gatherers
Genre: Retro Pop
For fans of: Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Motown, Bruno Mars, Adele, Duffy, Meghan Trainor
Elizabeth Hunter and the Gatherers are a retro pop band based in NYC. Their sound runs between upbeat, Motown-esque anthems to more laid-back Norah Jone’s-esque numbers. Leading the band on electric bass, Hunter’s tunes are composed of infectious melodic hooks underpinned by pervasive bass grooves. Come out to dance, come out to travel back in time, and to hear some new classic tunes.
www.elizabethhuntermusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utCRR1Tuz2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ergd12Jv3e4
10pm- The Gotham Easy
Genre: "Hot Jazz Core"
For fans of: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tom Waits
The Gotham Easy is a hot jazz band born on the mean streets of NYC. While being completely at ease playing classic standards in the time-honored New Orleans tradition, the band brings a brash vitality to music that is all too often treated as a delicate museum piece. Whether revitalizing the traditional jazz canon with their excitement and energy, or whipping an audience into a frenzy with their raucous original compositions, the Gotham Easy brings the music of the early 20th century into the early 21st century with a fresh style and attitude.
"u guys were great." - Judah Friedlander at The Brooklyn Comedy Festival
gothameasy.com
FRIDAY 5/27
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- Evan Nachimson + Dottie Scharr + Dylan Aiello
Evan Nachimson
Genre:Pop, Rock
For fans of: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, James Bay, Ed Sheeran
www.evannachimsonmusic.com
Dottie Scharr
Genre: Folk / Pop
For fans of: Sharon Van Etten, The Staves, Daughter, Courtney Barnett
Brooklyn-based artist Dottie Scharr frames her intimate, narrative-driven songwriting with dynamic arrangements, quickly changing from sparse to lush, exposed to cathartic. In her 2015 self-titled EP, distorted guitars and layered harmonies reinforce the contradictory emotions that her lyrics explore.
“Dreamy and ambient, yet juxtaposed with heavy lyrical content” - Sound of Boston
www.dottiescharr.com
www.facebook.com/dottiemusic
Instagram: dscharr
Twitter: @dottiemusic
Spotify: spotify:artist:6iTlFkAugDjxCJP8H6C4wr
Dylan Aiello
Genre: Folk Rock
For fans of: James Taylor, Jeff Lynne
Storytelling-based songwriting meets eclectic influences from bluegrass, rock, and world music.
"James Taylor meets Paul Simon meets Pixar soundtracks!" - Bennett Jackson, Newport Folk Festival
www.dylanaiello.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEc1vKiyHI
SATURDAY 5/28
8pm- Lanusa
Genre: Soul folk
For fans of: Ianne La Havas, Valerie June, Ani DiFranco
The heavy influences of Soul, Jazz and R&B vocals and feel focused in stylistic new folk sound topped with lyrical philosophizing that sometimes requires a bit of picking apart. A lot of love and a lot of purpose. Dark, wide, soaring and earnest. Garners atypical rhythms and a solid backbeat.
"Large audiences with short attention spans are often wary of complex chord changes and atypical tunings. But, resting smoothly and simply atop the guitar, Lanusa’s voice consummates the essence of songwriting, manifesting melodies as pure as air and as addictive as wine, enticing the palette well after the conclusion. And her lyrics, born of a certain philosophical inertia... hit home with resonating pungency."
-the Budding Review, 2010
https://lanusa.bandcamp.com/album/noah-feels-august-like-i-feel-august
9pm- Soul'd Out NYC
Genre: Soul
For fans of: Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, King Curtis, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Stax Records, Southern Soul
Soul'D Out NYC is a nine piece band featuring vocalist Aliah Sheffield. The band is composed of four horns (Trumpet, Trombone, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone) and a rhythm section (guitar, bass, drums and keyboard). It was created in December 2011 by French pianist and band leader Olivier Court. Through original compositions and arrangements, our purpose is to bring back to life a certain type of sound from the late 60s early 70s Soul, Jazz and Gospel.
www.souldoutnyc.com
http://youtu.be/Muwr7_0jq4U
www.facebook.com/thesouldoutband
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 h