Charlie Rauh + Pete Lanctot + Zamba 2 Samba + CachaBacha + Eric Vitoff @ The Way Station

8pm- Charlie Rauh
Genre: Americana
For fans of:  Sol Seppy, Jeff Buckley, The innocence mission

Guitarist Charlie Rauh has been awarded grants from such organizations as Meet The Composer, The Fractured Atlas Group, The Untitled Artists Group, The Herndon Arts Council, The Queens Arts Council, and The International Studios at Denkalschmeide Hofgen.  In collaboration with choreographer Megan Harrold he has served as composer in residence at The Klaustrid Foundation-Iceland (Sept. 2010), The Chen Dance Center-NYC (Oct./Nov. 2011),Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theater-NYC (April/May 2012), and Le Feuil-France (Aug./Sept. 2012). His compositions have been featured on NPR's Live in Studio C program and WUSB's Jazz On The Air program as well as in venues such as Merce Cunningham Studio, The Kitchen, Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center, The Chocolate Factory, The Stone, The Rubin Art Museum, and the Ailey Citigroup Theater.

“Bergeoning Composer" - Time Out New York
"Whiz-Bang Guitarist" - HINGED Journal of Converging Arts
"A true musician with an originality that is deeply personal"- Improviser/Pianist Connie Crothers

http://youtu.be/rJRABPx7uZY
http://youtu.be/epFj_54PXDc

9pm- Pete Lanctot
Genre: Americana
For fans of: Tom Waits, John Cale, The Mississippi Sheiks, Ernest Tubb

Pete Lanctot's songs are surreal and mysterious narratives featuring sordid casts of characters who’s origins are vague, and seem equally likely to be found in present day New York City, a Memphis juke joint of the 1920s or hitchhiking a depression era plains state highway. Steeped in American traditions of blues, folk and country, and backed by a talented cast of musicians and improvisers Lanctot’s music is original, rabble rousing, heartbreaking and soul searching, always exploring the non-traditional without relying on reproduction.

“Pete Lanctot personifies pretty much everything good about New York’s most happening music scene.”  -New York Music Daily

www.petelanctot.com

10pm- 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 make you forget about the abysmal New York winter and take you to a small samba club in Lapa, Rio...at least for the night.
 
reverbnation.com/zamba2samba

11pm- 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 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, notab e 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
 
11:45- Eric Vitoff
Genre: looping/acoustic/house/dance
For fans of: daft punk, James Blake, Reggie watts, john Mayer, bag raiders

Long Island born and raised and now Brooklyn based, Eric Vitoff's tunes toe the imaginary line between the genres of house/dance and acoustic singer-songwriter. Equipped just with an acoustic guitar and some effects pedals, he builds pulsing, colorful beats that make your feet move and your mind wonder just where all those sounds are coming from.

www.ericvitoff.com/songs
www.soundcloud.com/ericvitoff
www.youtube.com/evsweep