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Sept. 8: Monster Monday Madness + Band in a Box + Roland Ramos + Less Is More + Ben Aaron Lasman @ The Way Station
The Way Station, 683 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. waystationbk.com. All events are a strongly suggested $5 donation.
6pm- Monster Monday Madness: The Frighteners
8pm- Band in a Box
Genre: Jazz/Swing (1940’s/1950’s)
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For fans of: Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Doris Day, Betty Hutton, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and other classic jazz artists
Band In A Box has a captivating jazz/swing style that will leave you singing along! Enjoy the sound that will take you back to the 1940’s/1950’s. The songs they perform range from classic jazz songs such as “Autumn Leaves” and “Sentimental Journey” to fresh big bandstyle songs such as “Murder, He Says”. The New York based band has played in venues all over NY. Their sound has been described as “refreshing” and “enchanting”!
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9pm- Roland Ramos
Genre: Acoustic Reggae/Soul
For Fans of: The Decemberists, Jose Gonzalez, Brett Denett, Sublime, Nickel Creek, The Misfits.
My music is derived from my experiences as a cross-cultural curator. I write directly from my experiences of working with groups from diverse backgrounds. I started playing guitar at age 9. By 12 I was already composing and performing live. Roland is fresh from playing a number of different festivals in the area including “Opple Topple” in PA, “Return to the Roots” Festival in Liberty NY, “Fam Jamily” In Vernon, NJ as well as “The Boogie.”
“Ramos simply knows no boundaries; like his beloved Hoboken, “Anchor Hearts” is a true melting pot of cultures and rhythms.” Jersey Beat Album Review for “Anchor Heart”.
http://www.jerseybeat.com/editorsdesk.html
www.RolandRamosVienna.com
http://youtu.be/K99ui9o8Gj0?list=UUiVhRoxkngp4eC491jiNlKQ
10pm- Less Is More
Genre: Alternative/Folk
For fans of: Lowland Hum, The Civil Wars, Of Monsters and Men, The Staves, Lumineers
“…they have something special going on with a strong musical connection between them that enables them to tell the audience a story that will give them their undivided musical attention and have them as devoted followers in the process. An immensely talented duo that I would love to hear more from in the future.” – Music Box Pete
Ranked under April 2014’s “New and Notables” artists and “Top Downloads” -NoiseTrade
11pm- Ben Aaron Lasman
Genre: acoustic alt-rock/country
For fans of: Hank Williams, The La’s, Bob Dylan, Bob Mould, Smashing Pumpkins
Ben Aaron Lasman is a singer-songwriter living in New York City. His open-tuned, three-minute acoustic pop songs draw on the traditions of classic country, 80s and 90s alternative rock, Madchester and garage blues. He works as an editor, writes fiction and gigs in NYC. The ghosts of his old bands and projects are scattered throughout the internet in the form of innumerable abandoned MySpace, purevolume and Bandcamp pages, as yet awaiting rediscovery. He is currently working on his first solo album under his own name, titled “All This Could Be Yours.”
“There’s a breed of musician so keenly studied in the American sonic genome that every whisper rides on the dissipating waves of Hank Williams’ yowls, beaming out into space. War on Drugs and Daughn Gibson come to mind as prime examples, and now we have Ben Lasman.”—Ben Heller, founder, Ampeatermusic.com
Bandcamp, Facebook
