Melodic Miners + Cancion Franklin + The Waysties + Inspired By Airplanes @ The Way Station

8pm- Melodic Miners
Genre: Country/Folk

Brooklyn based Country/Folk/Americana that swings from foot stomping and raucous to intimate and wistful. Playing songs from their upcoming CD “Brooklyn Honkytonk” to be released in 2015. How school teachers really prefer to spend their evenings!

“Heritage Coffee House News Aldo Troiani We’re proud to announce our May Showcase performer... We’re proud to announce our May Showcase performer is singer songwriter and friend of the Heritage Coffee House, Lucas Rotman Brooklyn based with prolonged hang time in Sullivan and Orange counties, This talented musician has been creating some very interesting music. Playing in the East Village or in our studios at WJFF Lucas is always entertaining and his music intriguing.” - Aldo Triorani, Heritage Coffee House News (Oct 16, 2012)

https://www.reverbnation.com/lucasandthemelodicminers

9pm- Cancion Franklin
Genre: Americana, Country, Blues

For fans of: Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Lightning Hopkins

Unsigned, unasked and unapologetic, Cancion is a true DIY singer/songwriter. His songwriting ranges from outlaw country stylings and driving blues/rock raptures, to gorgeously vulnerable, raw, gentle music. He is often accompanied by Alex Whelan, on backup vocals and guitar, blending tight harmonies with a broken down home guitar attack.

www.cancionsito.bandcamp.com

10pm- The Waysties
Genre: Scotch-soaked Celtish folk-rock
For fans of: The Decemberists, Battlefield Band, Great Big Sea, Flogging Molly

We are what happens when a group of Way Station regulars realize that we allllllll like drinking. And music. And attention. Our music is a mix of traditional folk,
unconventional covers, and irreverence. And drinking. Did we mention the drinking?

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11pm- Inspired By Airplanes
Genre: Beverley Road Hillbilly
For fans of: Bill Frisell, Abigail Washburn, Crooked Still, The Wood Brothers

Though the name Inspired on Airplanes explains where this Brooklyn-Based band may find inspiration, it’s harder to explain what it is that inspires them. It would be “easy” to say that their music is simply old-time-Appalachian-fiddle-tunes reimagined with a bewitching drum beat and the occasional clawhammer banjo, BUT, that would not account for the intermittent Sam-Cooke-filtered interpretation of a turn-of-the-millennium prom-rock tune, OR the Link Wray song done in the style of Bill Frisell...and of course there’s the odd “yee-haw-free” Bluegrass spiritual. The unifying factor of their eclectic repertoire is the bluesy, timeless quality prevalent in all the songs. Led by bassist/banjoist Jared Engel, the group formed in the fall of 2015, though this creative contagion was many years in the making.

http://www.jaredengel.com/