Dan Strauss + Get Open + Dawn Drake & ZapOte @ The Way Station

8pm- Dan Strauss
Reverbnation.com/danstrauss

Genre: Indie folk/Americana
For fans of:  Paul Simon, Hank Williams, Bruce Springsteen (the “Nebraska” Bruce), Nick Drake

Dan Strauss has become a favorite NYC and Hudson Valley singer-songwriter with an intimate vocal style.  To describe his music as indie-folk would be convenient but limiting, as Dan’s songs reach into the rich history of rock, Americana and pop.  A Queens native, Dan grew up on The Beatles, Bruce, Elvis Costello and Bowie and later found songwriting heroes in Liz Phair, Wilco and Jeff Buckley. Dan’s songs honor these greats by combining memorable melodies with expressive, thoughtful lyrics.  His characters and stories have been connecting with audiences for close to twenty years.  These are his first shows at The Way Station.

www.reverbnation.com/danstrauss
 
9pm- Get Open
Genre: Hip-Hop
For fans of: Mos Def, Talib Kweli

Get Open is a Hip-Hop group from New York. In existence since 1994. Get Open is a way of life, a mind state, it’s about being open to new things in life, it’s about good music. Get Open for business, serving all customers.

www.overtimerecordsinc.com
facebook.com/getopenmusic
http://youtu.be/D6RRaFj2AvU

10pm-  Dawn Drake & ZapOte
Genre: Afro-Latin Funk
For fans of:  Antibalas, Budos Band, ESG, Jamiroquoi, Chico Mann, Cumbiagra, English Beat, Police
 
Taking its name from a luscious fruit in Cuba known as "ZapOte", this band is an original Funk Latin Afro-Beat band lead by Dawn Drake, bassist/conguera/singer/songwriter and composer, who manages to wear several hats while setting the scene with her own brand of cool. Her original music takes the listener and dancer into a zone where House, Funk, Afro-beat, Samba, Afro-Cuban rhythms and Jazz are right at home. Poetic lyrics spread messages of universal consciousness, delivered with heartfelt vocals, and are joined with the irresistible grooves of Latin percussion, funky bass, swinging horn lines and improvisation.

BAM CAFE LIVE  –Darrell McNeill
"Dawn Drake and her band ZapOte are at the beginnings of a fascinating journey to enthusiastically bridge chasms of cultural and gender disconnect that plagues so much of pop music's body politic. To hear them is to imagine early period jam sessions between Laura Nyro and Carole King with Sly Stone and Sergio Mendes sitting in. Theirs is a playfully intense dynamic that needs to be seen more."-Darrell McNeill, Black Rock Coalition Director of Operations & CURATOR of BAM Café LIVE, Brooklyn Academy of Music

GO MAGAZINE  –Jenny Lazar
"Dawn contributes heavy Afro-Caribbean licks on congas, bongós and Brazilian caixa as a partial list...and it's no amateur hour..."- Jenny Lazar, GO NYC Magazine

Dawn Drake  –Meewsic Records
"Cuban, African & South American styles mesh together into delicious jazz/pop fusion; a wonderful backdrop for Dawn's sassy vocals. She also arranged the horns (excellent job), played bass and did all the percussion; a truly multi-talented performer!" Brian Fox, Meewsic Records

Jules Bistro Presents Dawn Drake  –Jules Bistro
"This saucy debut by soul sistah Dawn Drake is an incredible gift to the world of world music! She skillfully weaves together her bold poetic lyrics, melodic vocals, and a fusion of danceable rhythms performed by herself and a very talented band of musicianados.
You'll love the horns, the deep bass, the compelling percussion..."- Luis Da Silva, Jules Bistro, NYC

Third Street Music Concert Series Presents Dawn Drake & ZapOte Salsa - "[They] were the hit of the season!"  Beth Flusser, Talent Booker for Music in Abe Lebewohl Park.

http://www.dawndrake.com
http://www.youtube.com/thedawndrake
http://www.facebook.com/thedawndrake