Aviva Jaye + Christine Sweeney + Niall Connolly + All Night Chemists @ The Way Station

7pm- Aviva Jaye
Genre: folk-pop
For fans of: Feist, Ingrid Michaelson, Regina Spektor, old musicals

Aviva Jaye loves connecting with people at the intersection of heart, brain & art. Compelled toward empathy and diversity she takes a homespun musical approach wielding voice, guitar, ukulele & harp to share raw material with simple, haunting motifs & transparent lyrics. Fans of a trained artist who draws from the simplicity of Joni Mitchell, depth of Feist & clarity of Regina Spektor will be pleased.

www.avivajaye.com
www.vimeo.com/avivajaye
www.soundcloud.com/avivajaye

8pm- Christine Sweeney
Genre: bluesy indie pop
For fans of: Grace Potter, KT Tunstall

Christine Sweeney deftly handles poppy and playful without sacrificing genuine emotion. Her sultry sweet bluesy pop sound has been compared to Sara Barielles, KT Tunstall, and Norah Jones. Performing live for over a decade solo acoustic, she now has a band behind her and is looking forward to their next recording project. Christine's latest release, "Live at the Bitter End," is a 5 song EP featuring Christine and Dave Ferro (keys in the Stayouts) on her original tunes recorded live at the famous NYC music club.

www.christinesweeney.com
www.Facebook.com/christinesweeneymusicofficial

Video/audio links:
"How it Started" Official Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNb-y0fRScs
"Baby Come Over" live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWG3BnmungQ
 
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- All Night Chemists
Genre: Rock

A band that writes and records a musical potion of hypnotic sounds, unforgettable melodies, deep grooves, and intricate arrangements under the BQE in north Brooklyn...Brad Gunyon, Len Monachello, and Brandon Wilde are All Night Chemists. Currently releasing two songs a month the trio continues to mix from song to song, both live and on record, with a variety of their fellow musicians.  The result are shows and recordings that are truly their own. All Night Chemists' songs have been featured in the television shows Castle, Mercy, Men in Trees, Life is Wild, and Reaper.  The song "Point of View" was featured in the 2007 film "Ornaments"

“The Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist has a mellow, reflective voice that speaks to experience and a way with instrumentation that, as they say, goes easy on the ears.” 3hive

http://www.allnightchemists.com/
http://allnightchemists.bandcamp.com/