Emily Barnes + Nick Sumner + Don Paris Schlotman + Joeseph West @ The Way StationEmily Barnes + Nick Sumner + Don Paris Schlotman + Joeseph West @ The Way Station

8pm- Emily Barnes
Genre: Contemporary Folk/ Singer-songwriter
For fans of: Norah Jones, Ingrid Michaelson, Paolo Nutini, Brandi Carlile

A standout on the northwest jersey music scene, Barnes writes and sings songs that belie her age. Songs of love found and lost, of hope and disappointment. Armed with an acoustic guitar and an array of imaginative tattoos Emily is no old school folkie but she’s no pop princess either. Instead Emily is true to her intuition, writing from the heart and turning heads with a voice that cuts to the bone. Think early Nora Jones with a funkier fashion sense.

http://www.EmilyBarnesMusic.com
Http://www.facebook.com/EmilyBarnesMusic

9pm- Nick Sumner
Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Rock
For fans of: Ray Lamontagne, Biffy Clyro, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley

Nick weaves haunting lyrics and graceful melodies, bringing them to life through emotionally charged performances. Part of what makes his set an experience, more than simply a show, is his ability to take the audience with him to the places that inspire the music. He has been to SXSW and shared the stage with Slash when he fronted a hard-rock trio, but finds no greater fulfillment than to forge a bond between himself and his audience.

www.facebook.com/nicksumnermusic
www.youtube.com/nicksumnermusicnyc
www.twitter.com/nicksumnermusic
www.instagram.com/nicksumnerny
www.reverbnation.com/nicksumnermusic

10pm- Don Paris Schlotman


Genre: Downbeat alternative space rock
For fans of: Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Bill Callahan

Don Paris Schlotman, the bass player and co-founder of Sky Captains of Industry, is a Brooklyn musician whose solo recordings span a variety of genres and styles. He was born in a freak accident, the seventh son of a lightning bolt and a mountain lion. He plays the bass like some people fall over, and his artificial left eye can see 4 seconds into the future. Don makes art, plays and writes music, wrestles conundrums, falls down sometimes, and is a cat lady in training. The reports of his wizardry are greatly exaggerated.

“This is Don in a Lou Reed meets Johnny Cash mode, with the banjo and reverberating whistling adding to a sense of understated, yet mysteriously present, anarchism. It’s a kind of mix of Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and “Perfect Day”, with a bluegrass ketchup.” — Eric Hathaway, Sometime in Long Island City

http://www.schlotman.com

11pm- Joseph West
Genre: Roots/Country/Folk
For fans of: Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Leonard Cohen, Steve Earle, Neil Young

Intricate, melancholy, lyircal country/folk.

www.josephwestmusic.com