Thanks to my grandmother’s untimely death (well, there’s never a timely one), I had my entire family in town for Easter weekend. So I got out of the house and made my way down to the 5th Avenue Easter Day Parade. And what a good idea that was! If you’re ever mourning on Easter in [...]

Medium: Appalachian Old Time Music Location: Fountain on the Southwest corner of Union Square Format: Two violins (fiddles?) and a guitar Website: Two Lost Turkeys, Flatiron String Band Email: (2 Lost Turkeys) joelwenner@verizon.net Phone:718-783-4806 Post Toe-tapping goodness. Three humble performers who don’t seem to be in a band together, or at least they didn’t offer [...]

I’ve probably enjoyed the music from a hundred street musicians in New York and London, often whisting their tunes now stuck in my mind, but there are few that have stayed there—especially few that are this complicated. But somehow for the last few days I’ve found my foot tapping and teeth chattering in time with [...]