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Victoire Oberkampf + Amandla Turner + Steal Rain + Peter Wise @ The Way Station

Live Music: February 10, 2015, 8pm-12am, The Way Station, 683 Washington Ave, BK, http://waystationbk.blogspot.com/ $5 suggested donation

8pm- Victoire Oberkampf
Genre: French/English Folk/Indie
For fans of: Lisa Hannigan, Camille, Keren Ann, Damien Rice, Feist, First aid Kit, Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling.

Victoire Oberkampf uses her voice to express her heart, and her guitar to carry this all. Largely inspired by british folk song-writers as Lisa Hannigan or First Aid Kit, she writes French songs like the English-ones, with the same taste for melancoly and story-telling, and paying attention to balance her main instrument between sweetness and strengh. Her music is also inspired by her travels in Africa and Brasil, where she lives.

«A singing Elf» (Arièle Buteaux, France musique), «a young lady full of talent » (Francis Zegut, RTL2)

http://www.victoire-oberkampf.fr/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tryvi9Tjk0list=PLbztlVXiwCa1OgToqXGy47g...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfCtghbUVU&list=PLbztlVXiwCa11FcQuKrZCB...

9pm- Amandla Turner
Genre: Rock/Folk
For Fans Of: Sara Bareilles, Avril Lavigne, Kt Tunstall, Norah Jones, Ingrid Michaelson

Singer/Songwriter from Brooklyn NY. The music embodies Rock and Folk influenced by Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer and James Taylor.

AmandlaTurner.com

10pm- Steal Rain

11pm- Peter Wise
Genre: alt pop/folk
For fans of: Jeff Buckley, Matt Corby, Allen Stone, Gary Clark Jr.

Singer/songwriter Peter Wise (ASCAP) has a lifelong passion for music, playing guitar and piano for over 16 years. A 2014 graduate of NYU, Wise’s sound has been described as alt pop and folk/soul, fusing a wide variety of musical genres to make his own pop/rock style. Blending the early ‘70s folk/rock lyricism and the modern indie/rock soundscapes and production, Wise’s sound has been compared from everyone from Jeff Buckley and Paul Simon to John Mayer, Bon Iver, and Matt Corby. Studying music at NYU connected him with some of the industries’ best. He studied privately with award winning and multi Grammy-nominated songwriter Phil Galdston and opened for iconic American band The Eagles at a sold-out Beacon Theater in November 2012.

Firmly entrenched in the New York music scene for the past four years, Wise played a full Studio At Webster Hall in support of Green River Ordinance on their North American tour and is a frequent player at Rockwood Music Hall, Arlene’s Grocery, as well as The Bitter End, where he held the release party for his album When Day Breaks on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013. With a fan base fast increasing, Wise was a featured performer at Musikfest on the Martin Guitar Lyrikplatz stage in August 2014, and recently played to packed audiences in Boston.

Brooklyn-based Wise continues to perform throughout the New York City area, and has started to expand his fanbase, with upcoming shows in St. Louis and Illinois.

After releasing a four-song EP entitled Don’t Walk Away in October of 2012, Wise spent the summer of 2013 working on his debut LP When Day Breaks, released in November of 2013. He has now started licensing music featured on both release to TV shows, most recently with the show Bring Your Own Board – Orange County. Wise continues to work on release new music, with his newest single, Quiet, out this past October.

“On his latest album, When Day Breaks, Peter Wise fuses the upbeat songwriting like that of Simon & Garfunkel with the wistful yearnings of classic folk and Americana. Opening with ‘To Be Free’, it’s clear that Peter Wise has the musical chops and writing sensibilities to put together an engaging track. Laced with lap steel and heartwarming descending basslines, there are plenty of treats to be found along the way, with snappy guitar work and head-bobbing dropped beats.” – Chris Marsh, Skope Mag

“Hailing from Boston, Peter Wise, currently living in NYC impressed us with his strong jazz and indie rock influences within his music. From first listening to his track “Hatteras” I immediately saw the striking influences of John Mayer-esque guitar picking, mixed with the tambor and harmonies from Bon Iver. Selecting Peter’s music for the show was a no brainer.” – BYOB Artist Spotlight

http://www.peterwisemusic.com/

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