Adriano Viterbini + Jack Spann Trio + Amanda Bloom Trio + Steve Katz @ The Way Station

8pm- Adriano Viterbini
Genre:  blues (instrumental)
For fans of:  Delta blues, blues-rock

Adriano Viterbini gained recognition in his home country of Italy, as well as elsewhere, as  front man, composer, co-arranger and co-producer of the group Bud Spencer Blues Explosion. BSBE has toured extensively around Italy, where it has a large following, as well as in Europe and the United States. (www.bsbemusic.com). Adriano has recently released a solo instrumental album, which is mainly Delta Blues- inspired, called Goldfoil.  In a matter of a few years, Adriano Viterbini has shown himself to be one of the most complete and personal guitarists on the Italian music scene, with influences ranging from Delta blues, to Ry Cooder, to stoner rock, all the way to pop.  Adriano has developed a style which unites sense of rhythm, immediacy, and technical skill, that is both spontaneous and captivating.

“Adriano knows his stuff, where it comes from and how it evolves and he’s great at managing the numerous and various styles, lining them up one by one with an almost religious veneration...[...] I take my hat off to him, his skill and his soul.“  Blow Up June 2013- Stefano I. Bianchi

“Goldfoil is appreciated for its apparent extreme simplicity, that hides within it superior, well thought-out technique [...]one of the most ecclectic and expressive albums of 2013.”  ROCKERILLA_April 2013 – Matteo Cellini
adrianoviterbini.it     

9pm- Jack Spann Trio
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- Amanda Bloom Trio
Genre: Jazz
For fans of: jazz & acoustic music

Amanda Bloom is a twenty-four year old jazz vocalist from Weston, Connecticut. In 2011, she graduated from The Peabody Institute of Music of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland where she earned her bachelor of music degree in jazz performance. There Amanda studied under vocalist Jay Clayton, pianist Timothy Murphy, & saxophonist Gary Thomas, to develop a personalized style merging sensitive interpretation of song lyrics with the added complexity of vocal improvisation. Amanda has performed throughout the east coast and was also chosen to represent the Peabody jazz program as a featured performer on a tour of Singapore in 2010.

www.amandabloomjazz.com

11pm-Steve Katz
Genre: singer songwriter/acoustic/folk
For fans of: Jose Gonzalez/Damien Rice/David Gray/Gordon Lightfoot
 
Singer songwriter and guitarist . Originally from Belgium, Katz lived in Israel for many years and traveled around the world mostly in India  where he spent close to one year. Steve  is In NYC since 2010. He released an EP called Barricades in 2012.

"I sense that Steve Katz is on the verge of commercial breakthrough with his music." - Joe Ross, CD Insight

“Barricades is a confident five-song debut EP from newcomer Steve Katz...Barricades should serve as a perfect demo to intrigue any record company interested in this breed of pop.” - Wes Britton, Blog Critics

"I always say that really good music--- the music that is far above the norm--- defies genre. These five songs are defiant as hell." - Frank Gutch, Rockandreprise

www.stevekatzmusic.com
www.facebook.com/stevekatzmusic