Natalie Espinosa + Gloria Isaiah and Hot Latin Soul + Mike O'Malley/Color Collage + The Moon and You @ The Way Station

8pm- Natalie Espinosa
Genre: ALT, FOLK, INDIE ROCK
For fans of: RYAN ADAMS, OKKERVIL RIVER, JIMMY EAT WORLD

Natalie Espinosa is a singer songwriter based out of Brooklyn, NY originally from Phoenix, Arizona where she fronted local bands Bella and Huskies. She’s shared bills with Jimmy Eat World, Gossip, Rilo Kiley, and M Ward. Natalie is currently a member of Tiny Tusks, an all female emo post punk rock band that has already shared the stage with forgetters, Radical Dads, Aye Nako and Mal Blum. Tiny Tusks’ first self-titled album is available on Bandcamp. Natalie continues to write and perform with the band and solo throughout the city.

Tiny Tusks would be just another really good rock band singing love songs if it wasn’t for the lead singer, Natalie, who has a terrific rock and roll voice which hits hard and remains tough and melodic for a fine half hour set. – Rock Live and Recorded

Over the din of the crowd’s happy hour conversation, Natalie Espinosa’s rich voice sounded as strong as any of the other instruments. – New Times, Phoenix

Huskies just completed the demo last Saturday for the upcoming six-song session, which Espinosa graciously hit me off with afterward, and I can attest that while Huskies isn’t an indie/emo-ish outfit in the vein of Bella, it expands Espinosa’s songwriting parameters into more rootsy, earthy territory, with songs that lean toward alt-country and y’all-ternative, while retaining a rocker edge. – New Times, Phoenix

https://soundcloud.com/natalie-espinosa
http://tinytusks.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TinyTusks

9pm- Gloria Isaiah and Hot Latin Soul
Genre: Latin R&B World Music
For fans of: Santana, Amy Winehouse, FANIA, FELA, Ivy Queen, Erika Badu

I am a New Yorker, of Latin descent. Born and raised in the Bronx. I am singer/ songwriter and I create music for the body and lyrics to inspire.
gloriaisaiah.com

10pm- Mike O’Malley/Color Collage
Mike O’Malley

Hailing originally from North Carolina, Mike O’Malley cannot decide whether he wants to entertain you or make you vaguely uncomfortable. A sparse one-man band, he summons the totality of his threadbare resources to make as big and cohesive a noise as one man with a bouzouki, a tambourine, and a big, brassy voice can produce. He only sings when he gets the reds. His material is quixotic at worst, byronic at best, and goes fantastically with beer. You must at least be curiou
http://elkbellows.bandcamp.com/

Color Collage
Genre: Electronic Doo Wop
For fans of: Benji Hughes, Conor Oberst, Miniature Tigers

Color Collage is the musical outlet of Brooklyn’s Shane Conerty. When having trouble describing his music to people, he coined the genre “Electronic Doo Wop” to convey his unique coupling of modern and vintage sounds.

“Keeping in line with his amazing, self-made genre Electronic Doo Wop, Conerty’s project has always done a great job mixing the sounds of oldies with a modern twist.”- thewildhoneypie.com

Color Collage (Bandcamp)

Color Collage (FB)

Color Collage’s stream on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds

ColorCollage (Color_Collage) on Twitter

11pm- The Moon and You
Genre: cello/folk
For fans of: Leon Redbone, Nick Drake, Gillian Welch, Richard and Linda Thompson

Melissa Hyman and Ryan Furstenberg are musical mad scientists who bring the sparks of life to old forms. One stormy night, in the midst of demented cackling, they created the Moon and You. Armed with cello, guitar, harmonica, foot percussion, and vocal cords they play their versions of ragtime, country, lounge jazz, and bluegrass up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Come for the soothing vocal harmonies and intricate arrangements and stay for the awkward stage banter.

“Their songs are heartfelt, but neither cloying nor saccharine.”- Ali Marshall *The Mountain Xpress*

“Unlike many acoustic folk duos, Asheville’s the Moon and You features acoustic guitar and cello, which allows the band to get a deeper, smokier tone than similar acts. Melissa Hyman’s cello also provides a groovy, dynamic presence, channeling sultry jazz swing on the down-to-earth ode “Diamondz,” haunting folk-grass on “Baker’s Daughter,” and harmony-enriched folk-pop like the foot-tapping “Take Me With You.” While Hyman holds down the hearty bottom end, Ryan Furstenberg’s fingerstyle guitar does soft-shoe over the top, allowing the tenderly plucked melodies to dance watercolor wisps that gently fade into each other. And the sonic yin-yang extends beyond their instruments. Fustenberg also possesses a booming, oaky baritone that plays nicely against Hyman’s sweet girlish coo. The pair only started making music together a little more than a year ago, but since then they’ve released two live six-song EPs on BandCamp. At least a few tracks seem inspired by the pair’s obvious chemistry and shared affection, recalling the intimate earnest spirit of fellow North Carolina couple-combo Bowerbirds.” —*Chris Parker* Charleston City Paper

Themoonandyou.com
Facebook.com/themoonandyou
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