Tal Naccarato + Graz + Xavier Cardriche + Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak @ The Way Station

7pm- Tal Naccarato
Genre: Piedmont Fingerstyle Country Blues
For fans of: Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Jorma Kaukonen, Pink Anderson

'Piedmont Fingerstyle'  Roots & Blues guitar player/Singer-Songwriter & Teaching Artist, Tal Naccarato was  born in Italy, and  raised in NYC: Piedmont Country Blues, Holy Gospel Blues, New Orleans Blues, Delta Blues, Ragtime
His acoustic guitar is in the style of: Rev. Gary Davis / Blind Blake / Lightnin’ Hopkins / Big Bill Broonzy / Mississippi John Hurt / Robert Johnson / Ry Cooder / Jorma Kaukonen / Ernie Hawkins / John Spence.

His electric guitar is in the style of: Elmore James/ Muddy Waters / Freddie King / Buddy Guy / Stevie Ray Vaughn / Eric Clapton / Mick Taylor.
Tal is about to release his latest project:  ‘Piedmont Black & Blue’, and is flying solo, doing ‘Unplugged’ solo acoustic dates.
MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE:  a feather touching a bubble.

http://www.reverbnation.com/talnaccarato
http://talnaccarato.com/
http://www.youtube.com/talnaccaratomusic
https://myspace.com/talmatthew‎
 
8pm- Graz
Genre: Acoustic, Folk, Jamband, Alternative-Folk, Singer-songwriter, etc...
For fans of: The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, Nirvana, Townes Van Zandt, The Band, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, CCR, moe. etc....

Graz is a one-man band from Farmingdale, New York. Graz is a prolific singer/songwriter whose original compositions blend many genres of music including Acoustic, Folk, Alternative-Folk, Singer-Songwriter, JamBand, Americana, etc..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Graz/307809788625#!/pages/Graz/307809788625?id=307809788625&sk=in...
http://profiles.sonicbids.com/artists/Graz
www.youtube.com/GrazMusicChannel

9pm- Xavier Cardriche
Genre: Urban-Folk / Alt-Country
For fans of: David Gray, Ryan Adams, Ray Lamontagne, Crowded House

Xavier Cardriche is a singer/songwriter born and raised in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.  While completing his final year in College, he began playing acoustic guitar at the age of 21 and soon-after, received local and international interest.  Xavier went on to release two EPs (“Sorta-like-a-demo”, “In Due Time) and has performed  numerous shows abroad.  Known to his peers as “the Bard from Brooklyn,” Xavier pairs an alt-country sound with visually detailed urban stories.

www.XavierCardriche.com
www.XavierFromBrooklyn.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDYZ1tnlMo
www.soundcloud.com/xaviercardriche
www.xaviercardriche.bandcamp.com

-photo credit: David Joshua Ford

10pm- Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak

Comic Tales’ lead singer, songwriter, and trumpeter Robert Whaley previously fronted NYC rock legends, the Niagaras. With a penchant for interpretive dancing on tabletops and hilariously satirical rants on a broken childhood, Whaley electrified national audiences with appearances on Good Morning America, the Oxygen network, and Fox. The Niagaras were a hugely popular staple of the Manhattan scene for nearly two decades, attracting celebrities, controversy, and packed houses along the way.

Seeking a return to the R&B roots that got him into music in the first place, and informed by an almost pathological aversion to anything post-1974, Whaley joined forces with talented newcomer Aaron Wyanski as pianist and arranger. Along with industry veterans Michael “Miguelito” LaMorté (Mini-King, Grupo Miguelito) on bass and longtime Niagaras drummer Dylan Wissing (Johnny Socko, Novel), the group has crafted an organic, literate, deeply-grooving collection of semi-autobiographical songs.

Written in a tiny studio bursting with 20th Century literature, and inspired by a massive collection of obscure vinyl, Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak have managed to create a sound and a show which is both timeless and cutting-edge. The sweat-drenched performances and the rapidly-disappearing ability to deeply engage and entertain a crowd really leave a lasting impression. Sounds like hype, until you experience it in person.