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Philip Lynch + Theresa Gorella + Niall Connolly + Cornbred @ The Way Station

7pm- Philip Lynch
Genre: Alternative folk-rock
For fans of: Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Buzzcocks, Replacements

Philip Lynch is a native New York songwriter. He's played many various venues including Pete's Candystore, Banjo Jim's, No Malice Palace, bar82, Keenan's Piano Bar and Lounge, An Beal Bocht, No Fun Bar, National Undergournd, Gaslight, Parkside Lounge, Alphabet Lounge and R Bar. While currently wrapping up work on an album of various sundry sounds collected over the years Lynch is still plowing ahead with new songs. It is apparent that he also paints when you hear his lyrics. A nice range and mix of songs but all with his unique stamp. He also writes a blog of musical notions.
tunes: www.philiplynch.bandcamp.com
blog: www.philiplynchmusic.com
 
8pm- Theresa Gorella
Genre: Country Pop
For fans of: Taylor Swift, Michelle Branch, The Band Perry

I’m a confused overachiever who loves to write songs and sing. I’m just going with it.

www.twitter.com/theresagorella

9pm- Niall Connolly
Genre: indie folk/americana
For fans of: Leonard Cohen, Belle and Sebastian, Wilco

Niall Connolly has played Glastonbury, the Prague Fringe Festival and toured from San Francisco to Romania. He combines excellent lyrics with soaring melodies and is an engaging and energetic live performer. Highly respected amongst his peers, Connolly is the founding member of Big City Folk music collective. His latest album 'Sound' is garnering great reviews both sides of the Atlantic.

"That Niall Connolly is a folk icon isn't debated by other musicians. Connolly's creaky, achingly sweet Irish voice is a familiar instrument, and he performs tirelessly. Among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City, Connolly is proving with every album that folk musicians are creating new and interesting material."-No Depression

"Dancing around an indie-folk persona, Connolly holds the essence of Jackson Browne, delivery of Dylan and the edge of Joe Strummer; only Connolly is no Pretender, he is the real deal. His elegant music is effortless, awesome and moving; it is so natural, it feels instantly familiar."- Nanobotrock

"Brooklyn-based Niall Connolly is at the head of a new breed of politically engaged eloquent singer-songwriters emerging from New York's most populous boroughs with his immensely literate appraisals of the personal and the political."— Death and Taxes, New York

“I promise your evening will be full of good music, stories, and all around entertainment. Mr. Connolly’s music carries amazing character. Niall’s charm and way with words are prevalent in lyrics that have an amazing universal appeal. With three studio albums (and a live one) under his belt, Niall takes you through a variety of emotions and musical styles, all with abundant zeal and talent. - American Indie

“Niall Connolly is simply too damn good to be missed” - The Village Voice, New York

“Like another great Irish songsmith, Van Morrison, Niall doesn’t waste words. He has that rare ability to throw just a handful of words at you and you get the picture. A really interesting and beautiful record.”
- Faster Lounder,  Australia

“Gorgeous.” - The Irish Times

“Revelling in melodic glory.” - Irish Music Magazine

“A mini masterpiece.” - The Evening Echo

“An album to warm and soothe the heart. 8.5/10.” - Hot Press

“I cannot remember the last time I heard such a moving collection of songs.”
- Kurt Wagner of Lambchop

Website www.niallconnolly.com
Video/audio links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh5dtjIH9SU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMytrO0ibPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AS29h3YJxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhHZmeeyNew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jijqxud2VgA

10pm- TBA

11pm- Cornbred
Genre: Blues / Afrillachian / Footstompin Craziness
For fans of: Official Joe Cocker, Dr. John, Black Diamond Heavies, The Black Keys, Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie

From the depths of of the hollars of Appalachia, the musicians of Tn congregate in the dirty little river town known as Knoxville. In a town where you can throw a stick and hit 10 musicians on a friday night in the old city, it takes a lot to continue the craft there. Cornbred is a culmination, the residue that's left in the bottom of the bottle of Knoxville's music scene. A collective of serious musicians who have unpretentiously dedicated themselves to the craft of musically taking an audience to a place emotionally, and sometimes intellectually, where the truths of living in modern Appalachia can be experienced, not just commented on.

http://www.reverbnation.com/cornbredblues

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