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 [...]

Artist: Chen Cong Medium: Classical Violin Location: 57th Street F Subway Format: Violin, with recorded accompaniment Email: congviolin@hotmail.com function startGallery_38() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_38″), { timed: false, showCarousel: false, showInfopane: false, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80 }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_38″).style.display = “block”; } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_38); chen1 chen13 chen4 chen7

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.” ~ [...]

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 [...]

Medium: Pop Location: MUNY Email: prettygoodnyc@gmail.com Website: www.myspace.com/prettygoodnyc Bio:Pretty 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, [...]