Deuces Wild + Karen P. Duffy's Filthy Valentine + Dawn Drake & ZapOte @ The Way Station

8pm- Deuces Wild
Genre: acoustic rock, reggae
For fans of: Weezer, The Beatles, Bob Marley, The Band,

Deuces Wild, a dynamic duo transplanted from MA, bring the sounds of nostalgic anthems from the 90's and modern favorites, often infused with a reggae twist, as well as a solid mix of original music. With crisp vocals, a bright steel-stringed acoustic guitar, a Peruvian drum, and limbs full of percussion, Scott Borecki and Steve Mackiewicz will make your head bob and your body move. You may even catch yourself singing along.

http://www.reverbnation.com/deuceswildnyc

9pm- Karen P. Duffy's Filthy Valentine
Genre: Original Folk/Idiosyncratic Country Blues
For fans of: Lucinda Williams, John Valby,

Karen P. Duffy has won the annual Filthy Song competition for two of it's five years.  A crowd favorite, when she doesn't take a prize, because of her willingness to share the most awkward, funny and intimate filthy details of her life and experiences in song. When not titillating crowds with her filthy tunes, she plays idiosyncratic country blues covers and originals that can make you cry.  For this set she is joined by prodigy mandolin player Sam Harmet.

http://www.reverbnation.com/karenduffy
https://www.facebook.com/KarenDuffy
 
10pm- Dawn Drake & ZapOte
Genre: Afro-Latin Funk
For fans of: Antibalas, Budos Band, ESG, Jamiroquoi, Chico Mann, Cumbiagra, English Beat, Police

Taking its name from a luscious fruit in Cuba known as "ZapOte", this band is an original Funk Latin Afro-Beat band lead by Dawn Drake, bassist/conguera/singer/songwriter and composer, who manages to wear several hats while setting the scene with her own brand of cool. Her original music takes the listener and dancer into a zone where House, Funk, Afro-beat, Samba, Afro-Cuban rhythms and Jazz are right at home. Poetic lyrics spread messages of universal consciousness, delivered with heartfelt vocals, and are joined with the irresistible grooves of Latin percussion, funky bass, swinging horn lines and improvisation.

BAM CAFE LIVE  –Darrell McNeill
"Dawn Drake and her band ZapOte are at the beginnings of a fascinating journey to enthusiastically bridge chasms of cultural and gender disconnect that plagues so much of pop music's body politic. To hear them is to imagine early period jam sessions between Laura Nyro and Carole King with Sly Stone and Sergio Mendes sitting in. Theirs is a playfully intense dynamic that needs to be seen more." -Darrell McNeill, Black Rock Coalition Director of Operations &
CURATOR of BAM Café LIVE, Brooklyn Academy of Music

GO MAGAZINE  –Jenny Lazar
"Dawn contributes heavy Afro-Caribbean licks on congas, bongós and Brazilian caixa as a partial list...and it's no amateur hour..."- Jenny Lazar, GO NYC Magazine
 
Dawn Drake  –Meewsic Records
"Cuban, African & South American styles mesh together into delicious jazz/pop fusion; a wonderful backdrop for Dawn's sassy vocals. She also arranged the horns (excellent job), played bass and did all the percussion; a truly multi-talented performer!" Brian Fox, Meewsic Records

Jules Bistro Presents Dawn Drake  –Jules Bistro
"This saucy debut by soul sistah Dawn Drake is an incredible gift to the world of world music! She skillfully weaves together her bold poetic lyrics, melodic vocals, and a fusion of danceable rhythms performed by herself and a very talented band of musicianados. You'll love the horns, the deep bass, the compelling percussion..."- Luis Da Silva, Jules Bistro, NYC Third Street Music

Concert Series Presents Dawn Drake & ZapOte Salsa - "[They] were the hit of the season!"  Beth Flusser, Talent Booker for Music in Abe Lebewohl Park.
 
http://www.dawndrake.com
http://www.youtube.com/thedawndrake
http://www.facebook.com/thedawndrake