The Puzzlemugs + Curly + Jack Spann (solo) + Mary-Elaine Jenkins + Isaiah Gage @ The Way Station

7pm- The Puzzlemugs
Genre: Dirty Old Music
For fans of: R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimborough, Mississippi John Hurt, Fred McDowell, Geeshie Wiley, Blind Blake...

Collin and Paul sing joyous old songs of whiskey, heartbreak and murder for your listening pleasure.
collincouvillion.com

8pm- Curly
Genre:  Acoustic rock/blues
For fans of:  Janis Joplin, Pink, Ani DiFranco, Adele

Curly started out performing on Broadway in Annie at the Alvin Theater (Kate/Molly) and at Lincoln Center/Alice Tully Hall.  She’s performed from coast to coast at The Whiskey A Go Go, The Hotel Cafe, The Derby in Los Angeles and Rockwood Music Hall, Luca Bar, The Bowery Electric, The Baggot Inn, Kenny's Castaways, The C-Note, The Duplex, the Alphabet Lounge, The National Underground in New York City.  She's currently playing in a full band called Shotgun Curly (which includes Steve Gregoire, Adam Fierros, Courteney Cuomo, Jonas Manashowitz, Omar Ruiz and Nathan Riehl). Curly recently signed a distribution deal with Essential Media Group who will be releasing her album “Only the Ocean” later this year.

“New York native "Curly" Karen Schleifer performs from the heart - with a mix of cover tunes and soulful originals.”  Asbury Park Press

www.facebook.com/curlykaren
www.youtube.com/ohcurlyone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOxc9lcOgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQboRLotUM

9pm- Jack Spann (solo)
Genre: Darker Melodic Americana
For fans of: Storytelling songs and uptempo Americana

Jack Spann- dusky singer/songsmith and mulit-instrumentalist.  His songs are clever and catchy- a unique combination of blues, folk, country, rock and roll and pop, and are heartfelt examinations of everyday lives, and our frustrations and triumphs. Jack has been opening act for artists such as Widespread Panic, Steve Forbert, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Albert King, played SXSW, and played on John Platania’s (guitarist, Van Morrison) CD, Lucky Dog.  Jack has appeared on Broadway in War Horse at Lincoln Center Theater and Lost Highway, The Hank Williams Story at the Little Shubert Theater.

“What is amazing is not that he does it all, but that he does it all so well”- Gloucester Times, Gloucester, MA
www.jackspann.com
https://soundcloud.com/jackspann/twist-1n-the-wind
https://soundcloud.com/jackspann/jon-the-snowman 

10pm- Mary-Elaine Jenkins
Genre: Blues/Roots/Rock/Americana
For fans of: The Delta Blues, Lucinda Williams, Cat Power, Ryan Adams

Mary-Elaine Jenkins is a 25-year-old musician based in New York.   A native of South Carolina, she began performing live when she moved to Washington, DC to attend college.  She is a recent transplant to New York by way of Madrid, where she spent two years teaching English, roaming around, and playing a whole lot of music.  Her sound is a delicious and ever-evolving mix of blues, Americana roots, soul, and rock 'n roll, specializing in the sultry/spooky.  This ain’t your mama’s singer/songwriter music.

https://twitter.com/MizMEJenkins
https://soundcloud.com/mary-elaine-jenkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfLgWRMYEqw

11pm- Isaiah Gage

Isaiah Gage is a Cellist , Multi-instrumentalist and Singer/Songwriter from NYC. He will be performing works from his new Debut LP "SUDDENLY HOME" as well as other original tunes. You can check Isaiah's music out on http://isaiahgage.bandcamp.com/ or follow him on Facebook : Isaiah Gage Music or twitter : @isaiahgage