Sept. 12, Fri: Jake Canull + JD Patch + Dawn Drake & ZapOte + Eric Vitoff @ The Way Station

8pm- Jake Canull

Genre: Folk/Rock/Pop Musician

For fans of: Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, James Blake, Ray LaMontagne, Jack Johnson.

Canull is a singer-songwriter from Dutchess County, New York. He moved to New York City and released an EP titled “Found Myself” in the Fall of 2013. The short album was internet-release only and it can be found on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, bandcamp, noisetrade, etc.

http://www.jakecanull.com

https://soundcloud.com/jake-canull

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lucky-guy/id708451306?i=708451317&ign-...

9pm- JD Patch

For fans of: Country and honky tonk music

We play hell raisin’ beer drinking blue collar roadhouse honky tonk music. Play a lot of originals with a few covers from Hank Jr to Waylon to Merle Haggard.

deadamble.com

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

Midnight Special- Eric Vitoff

Genre: looping/acoustic/house/dance

For fans of: Daft Punk, James Blake, Reggie Watts, John Mayer, Bag Raiders

Long Island born and raised and now Brooklyn based, Eric Vitoff’s tunes toe the imaginary line between the genres of house/dance and acoustic singer-songwriter. Equipped just with an acoustic guitar and some effects pedals, he builds pulsing, colorful beats that make your feet move and your mind wonder just where all those sounds are coming from.

www.ericvitoff.com/songs

www.soundcloud.com/ericvitoff

www.youtube.com/evsweep