Benefit for Japan show on Thursday 04.21 (tonight): Allison Tartalia, Alexa Wilkinson, Chloe Temtchine

NYC music lovers into charity and the mellow, thoughtful, jazzy pop style of female songwriters such as Fiona Apple and Norah Jones may want to head to Tenth Rail on 413 Tenth Ave @ 33rd St. tonight (Thursday 04.21) for what promises to be a rather smooth night in company of 3 talented NYC female singer-songwriters. Allison Tartalia (pictured) distinguishes herself for a slightly aggressive songwriting edge and for sophisticated arrangements that range from the orchestral to the electronic. Alexa Wilkinson, who has toured and shared the stage with Ingrid Michaelson and Bess Rogers amongst others, offers more intimate songs with big melodic openings, while Chloe Temtchine, who had the good fortune to licence a song for an American Express TV commercial, is the more folky of the bunch, preferring to have her beautiful voice accompanied by a simple acoustic guitar.