Profiles

Gio Safari

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Rock/Indie, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Location: There
Email: Giosafari@gmail.com
Phone: 305-338-2489
Website: myspace

Bio: GioSafari is the pseudonym for Orlando singer-songwriter and street performer, Gio Andollo. From 2000 to 2004 he performed in a Miami punk band named SnootiBounse, on guitar and vocals. In the fall of 2004 he moved to Orlando and has since played in a variety of [...]



Grupo Wayno

Aug 3rd, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - World Music, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Music of the Andes
Location: Times Square
Email: lvilcherrez@msn.com
Phone: 718-278-8777
Website: www.grupo-wayno.com
(sorry about the audio – I didn’t have my recorder. The actual music sounded a lot warmer and less tinny in real life)
They play at the Pio Pio Restaurant, 84-15 Northern Blvd, every Wednesday, 9:00 – 11:00 PM
They’ve recorded seven albums of Andesian music, which you [...]



Michael Mateson

Aug 3rd, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Juggler/Magician, Profiles, • Street Performer

Medium: Magic, puppetry, juggling and balloon art
Location: Duffy Square
Email: mymagicmyway@gmail.com
Phone: 1888-603-6244 (cell: 609-713-9097)
Bio: Although I have experience in variety arts such as juggling, puppetry, and balloon art, I am primarily a magician and have been busking since 2001. I’ve lived in New York for the past 5 years or so but this is the first [...]



The Family

Jul 27th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Drummer, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Plastic buckets
Location: 59th Street N, R, W platform
I was notified about this video by plasticarmy. These two subway musicians have an incredible source of energy, and relate so well to each other during the performance. If anyone has contact details for them, please email them to me – I’d love to get in touch [...]



Adam Matta

Jul 24th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Hip Hop, - Other Music, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Beatboxing/Vocal Percussion/Bike Painting
Location: The Kitchen, 512 W 19th Street
Email: adam.matta@gmail.com
Websites: www.adammatta.com, myspace.com/adammatta, www.youtube.com/beatboxnyc, www.cdbaby.com/adammatta,
Bio: Read Nick Broad’s article/interview on Adam Matta here.
As much as I love beatboxing, I think if the five elements of hip hop were represented as the five boroughs of New York City, beatboxing would come up as Staten Island. Not [...]



Dagmar

Jul 19th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Rock/Indie, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Rock
Location: MUNY
Email: thenicepeople@dagmartheband.com
Website: www.dagmartheband.com
Bio: DAGMAR free-folk duo Jim Bauer and Meghan McGeary have been singing and playing together since 2001, when McGeary joined the cast of Bauer’s then nascent, today fully developed and still active theatrical song cycle “THE BLUE FLOWER”.
Bauer writes the music and lyrics, sings, and plays guitar, keyboards and computers. [...]



Juan Castillo – Andes Fusion

Jul 19th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - World Music, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: The sound of the Andes; guitar and charango
Location: Grand Central
Email: andesfusion@yahoo.com
Phone: 347-898-3931
Website: myspace.com/andesfusion, youtube.com/andesfusion
Bio: Andes Fusion is led by Juan Castillo, from Ovalle, Chile. The blending of the rhythms and sounds from their varying countries — Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Japan — make for a unique sound. They have performed for the first [...]



Terraplane Blues

Jul 13th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Blues, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Blues
Location: MUNY
Email: fanmail@terraplaneblues.com
Phone: 732-212-9693
Website: www.terraplaneblues.com
Bio:
Terraplane Blues takes you back to the Delta with their juke joint flair.Dancing Fans at Long Branch Siummer Blues Series
In the words of the fans…
~ “Beyond the magnificent voice and fine musical craft there is great depth, honesty, and emotional openness.”
~ “…brilliant, graceful, Jennifer’s voice is absolutely stunning.”
~ “All I [...]



Red Molly

Jul 13th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Traditional/Folk, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: String band music with a hint of pop and a dash of country
Location: MUNY
Email: info@redmolly.com
Website: www.redmolly.com
Bio:
“Everything Red Molly sings is delivered with tick-tight arrangements, crystalline vocals, and caramel harmonies. But what is most striking is the ardor they bring to everything they do, whether snuggling into the sweet parochialism of an old spiritual, or [...]



Pretty Good

Jul 13th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Blues, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Pop
Location: MUNY
Email: prettygoodnyc@gmail.com
Website: www.myspace.com/prettygoodnyc
Bio retty Good is an acoustic pop duo made up of Owa Brandstein and Brian Letiecq. Pretty Good is just the most recent collaboration for Owa and Brian. Together they have coached a basketball team, planned curricula for high school English classes on both coasts, driven cross country, hiked the [...]