Monster Monday Madness: Child's Play + MARTiNA + James Margolis + Jack Spann Trio + Daniel Amedee @ The Way Station

6pm- Monster Monday Madness: Child's Play

8pm- MARTiNA
Genre: alternative, singer/songwriter
For fans of: Joanna Newsom, Anna Calvi, Joni Mitchell, Bat for Lashes, Lykke Li,  Feist, Bon Iver, Laura Marling

MARTiNA is the solo project of New York-based keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and producer Martina Car. Her songs blend soulful vocals and ethereal humming with melodic pop. Martina released her home recorded album Overturned earlier this year and is still in the launching pad stages of her project - which will soon feature other instruments and band members. Her eclectic influences are reflected in her music, which ranges from bare-boned vocal driven songs to looping textural layers with synthesized elements. Her stage debut started earlier this year at the 2014 Battle of the Boroughs - a competition for up and coming performers held at The Greene Space studios of WNYC/WQXR - where she was selected as one of the five finalists to represent Manhattan.

"Martina Car has been writing music since she was 15, but she never imagined she'd be pursuing it as a career. A year ago, she left behind her graduate studies in biology and a job that had her “performing brain surgeries on ants” to focus on music. The judges [at WNYC/WQXR's Battle of the Boroughs] praised the Union Square singer-songwriter's lyrics and piano playing, and the emotion that laced her performance."
http://www.thegreenespace.org/story/vote-manhattans-best-band/

https://soundcloud.com/martina-music
http://martina-music.bandcamp.com/
 
9pm- James Margolis
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Folk, Hip Hop
Recently moved to NYC, James is playing at as many places as he possibly can.  A member of approximately a million bands, he is a collaborator, but mostly a songwriter.  

www.jamesmargolis.bandcamp.com 

10pm- Jack Spann Trio
Genre: Darker Melodic Americana
For fans of: Storytelling songs and uptempo Americana

Jack Spann- dusky singer/songsmith and mulit-instrumentalist.  His songs are clever and catchy- a unique combination of blues, folk, country, rock and roll and pop, and are heartfelt examinations of everyday lives, and our frustrations and triumphs.
 
Jack has been opening act for artists such as Widespread Panic, Steve Forbert, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Albert King, played SXSW, and played on John Platania’s (guitarist, Van Morrison) CD, Lucky Dog.  Jack has appeared on Broadway in War Horse at Lincoln Center Theater and Lost Highway, The Hank Williams Story at the Little Shubert Theater.

“What is amazing is not that he does it all, but that he does it all so well”- Gloucester Times, Gloucester, MA

www.jackspann.com
https://soundcloud.com/jackspann/twist-1n-the-wind
https://soundcloud.com/jackspann/jon-the-snowman  

11pm- Daniel Amedee
Genre: Folk, Rock, Blues
For fans of: John Lennon, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison

Daniel Amedee is a New Orleans musician who plays an acoustic driven style of folk rock.  He’s currently recorded two albums at Radical House Studios in San Francisco, CA with producer Charles Gonzalez (Coo Coo Birds, Blank Tapes). The first, "Themes From…" was released in May 2011 worldwide through Expat Records and the second, "Climbing", will be released in the coming months. My records feature performances by percussionist Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave), Sylvain Carton (Beats Antique, John Vanderslice), and Charith Premawardhana (Mars Volta, Classical Revolution) as well as many other great musicians from the bay area.

Daniel Amedee is a 26-year old singer from New Orleans. He describes his music as orchestral rock but I guess you might as well say it's folk? I don’t know. En tout cas, his debut album Themes From ... is beautifully dreamy, very well produced and overall pretty enjoyable! A fitting warm summer evening soundtrack. --Hendrik Schimpler - Poule D'or

New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, right? I guess this is why the city is often referred to as the most unique in America, as Daniel Amedee is a singer songwriter who demonstrates a real knack for writing gorgeous cinematic choral pieces, like Home And Heartfelt . --James Godwin - Informal Flick-Thru

Daniel Amedee captures the soul of Cat Stevens in his incredible lyrics with a dynamic voice that can bellow low like that of Leonard Cohen or reach high like Elliot Smith. This is topped off with biting, epic music reminiscent of Arcade Fire. We are excited about the future of this talented New Orleans singer songwriter. --Jeff Libby - CEO of Expat Records

www.facebook.com/DanielAmedee
www.soundcloud.com/DanielAmedee
Solution - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB07QR0_0gcSwimming Through the Unconscious Disconscience - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwcKD3FfjBM