Art Talks Brooklyn + CachaBacha + Joshua Garcia + UltraFaux @ The Way Station

NEW! 7:30pm- Art Talks Brooklyn

A new speaker series highlighting Brooklyn Arts initiatives and programs. Monthly, we will invite three speakers, each allotted 15 minutes, to share how they are impacting our community through the arts.

Shoe String Press- Lane Sell, Crown Heights

Founded in 2011, Shoestring Press serves artists in Crown Heights with work space, technical expertise, gallery exhibitions, critical engagement, and intellectual community. We've built a community of 25 working member artists and wider range of performers, workshop participants, exhibitors, and friends on the premise proving that making art should be an open process, one that is visible to the community and affordable to anyone who wants to participate in visual culture. 

http://shoestringpressny.com/


LaunchPad- Zane Van Dusen, Crown Heights

LaunchPad is a grassroots, free-form gathering space in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Focusing on the arts and community building, LaunchPad encourages people to get together, exchange ideas and collaborate on projects. We support and assist artists in diverse mediums while facilitating local neighborhood revitalization efforts. Programs and offerings are open to the public, and admission is always a suggested donation. LaunchPad provides a uniquely animated hub where neighbors can actively engage with art while interacting with the community. 

http://brooklynlaunchpad.org/

Christopher Mulé, Folk Arts Director, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC)

Christopher Mulé joined BAC in March 2014. He earned his M.A in Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. Prior to formally joining BAC, he served as the Deputy Director and Director of Folklife at Staten Island Arts (formerly COAHSI). In addition to BAC, Mr. Mulé serves on the Board of Directors for the Ghanaian Association of Staten Island, a Liberian service organization called Napela, and as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the New York Folklore Society (NYFS). 

http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/

9pm- CachaBacha
Genre: Folk
For fans of: Tallest Man on Earth, Shakey Graves, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

Sisters Andrea and Natalia Stevenson play with an intimacy derived from spending whole lives together. The duo inhabits a space at once private and public - broadcasting personal narratives to all who will listen while retaining their music’s honest and personal focus. Andrea writes with an ancient melancholy inherited through the generations of musicians who’ve influenced her, like legendary delta blues picker Mississippi John Hurt. Similarly to Hurt and many other American Primitivists, Andrea received no tutelage, opting instead to hone rhythmic skills like bucket drumming on New York City streets and develop her songwriting from contemporary folk players like Conor Oberst and The Tallest Man on Earth.

----Our song "Mother Tongue" was one of the finalists on an NPR Battle of the Bands contest. Judge Thao Nguyen of "Thao with the Get Down Stay Down" named it one of her favorites. "I thought the melodies were really beautiful, and the lyrics, as a listener I listen to lyrics more closely than other things. I was very impressed."-Thao Nguyen
http://www.studio360.org/story/313760-battle-of-the-high-school-bands-the-winner/
 
----For Folk's Sake selected the title track of our debut "Sidewinder EP" as song of the day. “[W]e were delighted to stumble across New Jersey’s Natalia and Andrea Stevenson, aka CachaBacha, notable not only for being strikingly talented at a frankly ridiculously young age...we love the title track from their Sidewinder EP, which sets a remarkably sparse and understated tone."-For Folks Sake
http://www.forfolkssake.com/song-of-the-day/25215/216-cachabacha-sidewinder

https://www.facebook.com/Cachabachamusic/timeline
https://cachabacha1.bandcamp.com/album/pulmoncito-single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2R2BBWTZ4Y

10pm- Joshua Garcia
Genre: Folk, Country, Blues
For fans of: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, Woody Guthrie

Joshua Garcia is a folk-singer songwriter whose music and writing style draws upon the influences of his musical heroes Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Johnny Cash. Born in Los Angeles, Joshua spent a handful of years writing in Providence, RI before moving to Brooklyn, NY last September. Equipped with a guitar and a little bit of attitude, Joshua has a lot to say. As he often tells his crowds, “If you do your best to listen; I’ll do my best to not forget all the words!”

joshuagarciamusic.tumblr.com
facebook.com/joshuagarciamusic
soundcloud.com/joshuagarciamusic

11pm- UltraFaux
Genre: Gypsy Jazz
For fans of: Birelli Lagrene, Django Reinhardt, Les Doigts de l'Homme, Gogo Bordello

UltraFaux is an acoustic power trio performing original music that draws on elements of gypsy folk, hot swing, blues, be-bop and musette. Guitarists Sami Arefin and Michael Joseph Harris trade dazzling leads, harmonizing together on rich gypsy-inspired melodies. The dynamic Eddie Hrybyk on upright bass brings his passion for improvisation to the music. 

"We sometimes forget that jazz was first and foremost a people's music meant for dancing and socializing. One evening with Ultrafaux demonstrates why jazz has been so irresistible to listeners all over the world." Ken Avis, BJA  

"Baltimore's innovative gypsy jazz band as featured on Baltimore Hit Parade."  WTMD

"The fresh faces of American gypsy jazz."  Tom Cole NPR 

"Ultrafaux is truly great. I can see this band going places."  Jim Santa 

www.ultrafauxmusic.com  
https://www.facebook.com/UltraFaux
https://vimeo.com/ultrafaux