Joy Dragland + Darling Din + Dawn Drake & ZapOte @ The Way Station

8pm- Joy Dragland
Genre: Soft Rock
For fans of: Fleetwood Mac, America, Bread

A Minnesota native with arctic Scandinavian blood, Dragland’s musical career started behind the drums in her dad’s band. She studied piano and violin, and at age 15- guitar with which she started writing songs. Many gigs, tours and albums later, she’s promoting her second solo project, the EP “Tumble Town”.

“Some of the most musically mature acoustic pop you’ll ever hear.” Isthmus Daily Page

http://www.joydragland.com

9pm- Darling Din
Genre: Indie Rock
For fans of: Wye Oak, Pixies, Nirvana, The Black Keys, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Smart, atmospheric indie rock textured with vintage guitar riffs, fearless drums and an elephant bass backbone.

“Then all manner of crazy shit breaks loose in the most wonderful of almost-crescendo style effects, which makes the listener very pleased they took the time and certainly set this lot apart from the schwag.” - Killing Moon
http://killing-moon.com/2014/07/25/track-of-the-day-darling-din-killing-...

“One moment soft and atmospheric and the next moment a terrifying storm of heartbreak.” - Pancakes and Whiskey http://pancakesandwhiskey.com/2014/08/11/darling-din-ep-premier/

“A dream soul to pop your heart out!” - Sound Injections
http://soundinjections.net/post/93806655033/new-darling-din-killing-to-b...

www.darlingdin.com
www.facebook.com/darlingdin
www.soundcloud.com/darlingdin

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...”

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